Policing Priorities
GMP's new Chief Constable Ian Hopkins has been speaking to our Chief Reporter Michelle Livesey today about fighting crime whilst balancing the books.
Government cutbacks mean GMP will lose another 1500 officers by March 2019.
Earlier this week a senior police officer at the MET suggested we could see the end of bobbies on the beat.
WATCH: As Ian Hopkins shares his thoughts of routine patrols: