Whalley Range

I’m Ian Thomson, Inspector, Chorlton, Chorlton Park, East and West Didsbury and Whalley Range

I’ve worked for GMP for a number of years covering various areas and in a variety of roles. I want to make our community safe and free of crime

I started my career 22 years ago in Leigh and have worked in different roles across Wigan and then onto Salford. Having been promoted to Inspector I arrived in the City Of Manchester area in 2018 and became your Neighbourhood Inspector in 2019.

I am passionate about serving our community and the team will continue to work tirelessly to solve the issues in our community. We will continue to work closely with partners to ensure a collaborative approach to tackling the issues is raised in our community

Our current neighbourhood priorities include Shoplifting/anti-social motorbike/motor vehicles/anti-social behaviour/drug dealing and Burglaries

We want to hear from you to better understand what your concerns are and to ensure we are all working together for the benefit of our community.

On these pages you can find priorities in our area 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.

I am the Neighbourhood Sergeant for the Didsbury, Chorlton, Chorlton Park and Whalley Range wards.

I’ve worked in policing for 10 years, having started my career as a call handler and special constable with Warwickshire Police. During my time with GMP I have worked solely within the South Manchester area, starting on response policing in Wythenshawe in 2018. I’ve also worked within GMP’s Prevention Hub, which looks to identify and tackle key repeat issues and offenders through multi-agency and partnership working before moving to Neighbourhood policing in 2024.

I am a keen believer in back-to-basics, bread and butter policing and believe this can thrive most within the neighbourhood team. I am passionate about being visible within our communities and will often be out and about alongside my PC’s and PCSO’s.
If you would like to get in touch, please contact us via 101, our live chat service, or the neighbourhood team directly at [email protected].