{"id":383601,"date":"2026-01-22T05:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T05:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/383601\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T05:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T05:31:11","slug":"civil-action-possible-over-secret-filming-of-women-in-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/383601\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil action possible over secret filming of women in Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Williams said: &#8220;We took the reports from women who came forward, as well as the public feeling towards this behaviour, really seriously.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She said throughout their investigation , officers had explored all lines of enquiry thoroughly, including digital forensic examination of various devices. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The investigation was also reviewed by an experienced, senior detective to ensure no stone was left unturned,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Predatory behaviour is completely unacceptable, and tackling this has been a priority for our night-time economy policing operation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The safety of people on nights out in the city remained their priority, the force said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Under GMP&#8217;s Operation Safer Streets campaign, officers have made about 1,000 interventions with suspicious individuals and the same number of contacts with vulnerable people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It had resulted in &#8220;significant reductions in offences such as rape&#8221;, the GMP spokesperson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Williams said: &#8220;We took the reports from women who came forward, as well as the public feeling towards&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-383601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}