Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox More than a dozen Greater Manchester Police staff - including frontline officers - breached Covid regulations in the first year of the pandemic.
The force has responded to tens of thousands of Covid-related incidents - including huge illegal raves, house parties and even weddings - since the first lockdown in March 2020.
As of mid-April this year more than 5,100 fines - ranging from £200 to £10,000 depending on the severity of the offence - have also been issued by GMP during that time.
But it can now be revealed that 16 of GMP's staff were among the ‘significant minority’ of people - as once described by Greater Manchester’s deputy mayor Beverley Hughes who