Greater Manchester Police officer arrested on suspicion of rape
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The officer was posted to the City of Manchester district
A police officer has been arrested on suspicion of rape.
He was detained on Tuesday in "an immediate response to a report received that day", said Greater Manchester Police (GMP).
The constable, acting up in the role of temporary sergeant, had been posted to GMP's City of Manchester district, said a force spokeswoman.
She added that the officer remained in custody for questioning.
Meanwhile it has emerged that another GMP officer had been suspended after being arrested in October on suspicion of rape.
GMP's professional standards branch (PSB) said the force had received a report of a rape in 2017 and a constable posted to the Rochdale district had been arrested.
"The officer was suspended and is no longer a serving GMP officer," said a PSB spokesman.
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