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Former GMP Inspector sacked after dishonestly working at 2022 World Cup during ‘career break’
Tariq Butt was dismissed following a three-day hearing with a disciplinary panel.
Emily Sergeant -
23rd September 2024 
A former Manchester police Inspector has been sacked after he dishonestly worked at the 2022 World Cup during a so-called ‘career break’.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has confirmed that, Tariq Butt – who was based at the force’s Sedgley Park Training Centre in Prestwich – was officially barred from policing last week following an investigation conducted by the Anti-Corruption Unit, directed by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC)
Mr Butt was sacked last Thursday (19 September) following a three-day hearing with a disciplinary panel led by a legally-qualified chair.
The hearing was told that, in 2022, Inspector Butt had applied for a three-year career break from the police force, stating that he would not be working and would be financially supported by his family during this time, but GMP’s dedicated unit for professional standards then received information that he had taken on a role as a contracted security advisor for the Qatari police around the time of the 2022 World Cup.
Following this, GMP then referred to the matter to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) to direct the investigation.
The disciplinary panel concluded that Inspector Butt would have been dismissed from GMP had he not already resigned from the force.
Following the sacking of Inspector Butt, Detective Superintendent Steve Keeley, of GMP’s Anti-Corruption Unit, said: “It is clear that the actions of Tariq Butt demonstrated a complete disregard for the values of honesty and trust that we and the public rightly expect of our officers.
“He blatantly breached these values for his own personal gain and left the panel no option but to dismiss him from the force.
“If we cannot trust his actions, then we certainly cannot expect the public to do so either.”
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DS Keeley concluded: “The discreditable conduct of officers like Butt undermine the professionalism and hard work of thousands of officers across Greater Manchester every day, and we will continue to leave no stone unturned in pursuing those who breach our standards.”
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