GMP firearms officers pictured fooling around with shotgun

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Two GMP officers in the photo taken by their instructor Credit: MEN

Three Greater Manchester Police officers were moved out of the forces Tactical Aid Unit after being pictured fooling around with a shotgun.

The officers were transferred out of the force's firearms unit after the picture came to light in June 2011 after it was discovered on a computer in an unrelated raid on the home of another officer.

All three were transferred out of the TAU after an investigation by the force's Professional Standards branch.

Deputy Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said:

The family of PC Ian Terry, who was shot dead during a training exercise with the force in 2008, have called the image "distressing" and claim the force "haven't learnt anything" from his death.

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