The case of a Greater Manchester Police officer who was in a relationship with a criminal was one of more than 30 to be considered by tribunals over the last three months.

A list of outcomes released this week revealed some 18 workers either were dismissed or would have been dismissed if still with the force between October and December.

Those who were dismissed included one police constable (PC) who was in in a relationship with a criminal and another PC who was in a relationship with a victim.

There was also an officer cautioned for common assault and an officer convicted of misconduct in a public office, as well as a police sergeant who was positive for cocaine in a drug test.

Meanwhile, those who would have been dismissed included PCs convicted of a range of offences, from assault and attempted rape to driving or attempting to drive with excess alcohol.

Two PCs pursued relationships with victims, while another of these officers harassed and touched their colleagues.

But not all of those to receive sanctions were officers. Some staff members also would have have been dismissed, such as one who caused damage to a colleague's car but did not declare it and one who made indecent images of children.

Other workers received a written warning. These sanctions were given to more than a dozen workers, like a police inspector who 'engaged in conduct with an officer which in the circumstances had the potential for a conflict of interests'.

There was an officer who hit an arrested man with a firearm and an officer who refused to provide a sample in a drug test.

Another written warning was given to a staff member who worked for their own business while off sick, and a verbal warning was given to a staff member who was convicted of harassment.

The total number of 32 cases considered by tribunals over the last three months is the same as between July and September, but more than the first six months of 2022 combined.

It takes the total number of cases in 2022 to almost 100.