GMP Chief Constable Ian Hopkins QUITS as force set to be put into special measures - RECAP of live updates after mayor issues update It comes after the Manchester Evening News exclusively revealed that GMP is to be placed in 'special measures' The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Manchester Evening News can reveal. It comes after the M.E.N. exclusively reported that GMP is to be placed in 'special measures' following last week’s damning inspection report. Read More Only one other force - Cleveland - is believed to have ever been placed into those measures, the highest level of escalation.