The delay is because the force has launched a second tender exercise to replace PoliceWorks as they were 'less and less impressed' with the options after the first exercise
A replacement for GMP's 'inadequate' computer system may only be installed by 2026 because of problems encountered during the original tender exercise, according to Chief Constable Stephen Watson.
READ MORE: Police watchdog make decision on Manchester Arena cops who took two-HOUR kebab break on night of bomb In an interview with the Manchester Evening News to mark three years in the job, the chief constable said: "It is inadequate, it is going, we are procuring a replacement for it. We are in the process of a new procurement exercise."
He went on that GMP now had its own 'very capable' tech specialists and he added: "When we looked at what was available in terms of what it was, the level of support that it might receive from its sponsor organisation and the cost of integration with our other systems, we found ourselves becoming increasingly less and less impressed with what was on offer.
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