Bradshaw

I have served with Greater Manchester Police for 20 years and currently hold the position of Inspector for the North Neighbourhood Team. Prior to this role, I worked in Response Policing, most recently as the Inspector responsible for a response team in Bolton. Before serving in Bolton, I worked on the Wigan District, based at Leigh Police Station, where I gained valuable experience policing and engaging with local communities across the borough.
As the Inspector for the North Neighbourhood Team, I oversee the performance and development of three neighbourhood teams, ensuring we deliver against both force priorities and the issues identified by residents and community stakeholders. Our priorities regularly evolve in response to operational demands and emerging issues. However, we maintain a consistent focus on road safety, acquisitive crime, drug dealing, and anti-social behaviour, as these remain key concerns for local communities and can have a significant impact on residents' quality of life.
A key part of my role is engaging directly with residents and partner agencies. I regularly attend neighbourhood engagement events, including PACT (Police and Communities Together) meetings, and work closely with colleagues from the local authority, housing providers, and elected councillors to address the issues that matter most to local people.
I strongly encourage members of the community to attend local meetings, share their concerns, and work alongside us. By listening, collaborating, and building strong partnerships, we can continue to make our neighbourhoods safer places to live, work, and visit.
You can contact me directly by emailing [email protected]

Welcome to your Bolton North neighbourhood pages.

I am Sergeant Zach Keneally and have management of neighbourhood policing for Astley Bridge, Bradshaw, Breightmet, Bromley Cross and Crompton.

I joined Greater Manchester Police as a police cadet in 2012, having always wanted to be a police officer. In 2014, I started as an apprentice Operational Support Officer and a Special Constable working within the neighbourhood team at Astley Bridge Police Station. From here, I applied to join as a Police Constable and started this role in 2016.

For the first couple of years, I worked as an initial response officer attending 999 calls. In 2018, I started a new role as the neighbourhood police officer for Breightmet. I remained in this role for a couple of years, before being promoted to a Sergeant and moving back to the initial response team.

I have always enjoyed neighbourhood policing and working to resolve the issues that affect our communities, so in June 2023, I joined the neighbourhood team at Astley Bridge Police Station as a Sergeant.

Having worked in Bolton for all of my career, I have a genuine passion for making Bolton North a desirable and safe place to live and work. My team and I will work hard with our partners to resolve the issues that the community tell affect them the most. We take pride in our work and if an issue is affecting our community, it is affecting us.

On these pages, you will find priorities in our areas that we continue to work on. We will update these priorities with the action we have taken to remedy them.

We can’t do this without you, so we have launched an alert system called Bee in the Loop, which will enable us to contact you directly about these priorities. It will also enable you to speak to officers on the ground, where you live, so you can tell us what matters most to you.

You can sign up at www.beeintheloop.co.uk.

If this isn’t for you, you can also see our scheduled meetings. You will get to speak to an officer directly.

You can contact me directly by emailing [email protected].

I am Police Constable Ed Harkness, and I am the Neighbourhood Beat Officer (NBO) for Egerton, Bromley Cross, Harwood and Bradshaw.
I joined Lancashire Police in September 2019 as a Special Constable, working in Blackburn and Hyndburn, serving until June 2021 when I joined Greater Manchester Police as a Police Constable. I have worked on Response and the Adult Safeguarding Unit, before applying to become an NBO in January 2024. I also work as a Family Liaison Officer (FLO) within the Serious Crime Division, supporting bereaved families. My role as a NBO is to work closely with residents, businesses, partner agencies and councillors to address local concerns and improve community safety.
My current focus includes anti-social behaviour, speeding, motoring offences, supporting long term problem solving within the community. I aim to be as visible as possible through a mixture of foot patrol, attending community events and advice surgeries.
I encourage members of the community to attend local meetings and share their concerns so that together we can help make our neighbourhood a safer place to live, work and visit.

I joined Lancashire Police in September 2019 as a Special Constable, working in Blackburn and Hyndburn, serving until June 2021 when I joined Greater Manchester Police as a Police Constable. I have worked on Response and the Adult Safeguarding Unit, before applying to become an NBO in January 2024. I also work as a Family Liaison Officer (FLO) within the Serious Crime Division, supporting bereaved families. My role as a NBO is to work closely with residents, businesses, partner agencies and councillors to address local concerns and improve community safety.

My current focus includes anti-social behaviour, speeding, motoring offences, supporting long term problem solving within the community. I aim to be as visible as possible through a mixture of foot patrol, attending community events and advice surgeries.

I encourage members of the community to attend local meetings and share their concerns so that together we can help make our neighbourhood a safer place to live, work and visit.

You can contact me directly by emailing [email protected].