Counter Terrorism Policing North West
Counter Terrorism Policing North West (CTPNW) (formerly the North West Counter Terrorism Unit set up in 2007) reflects a formal collaboration between the five NW police forces.
CTPNW works within the national Counter Terrorism network to make sure that UK Police forces are best equipped to protect the public from acts of terrorism or domestic extremism, and to investigate and prosecute those responsible.
We deliver specialist support to police forces throughout the country, but in particular the five forces which make up the North West region: GMP, Merseyside, Lancashire, Cheshire and Cumbria.
The Unit draws on a wide range of expertise, including but not restricted to: skilled detectives, financial investigators, community contact teams, intelligence analysts, forensic specialists and high-tech investigators.
Local Forces
CTPNW is a collaboration of the following local police forces
Greater Manchester
Police
Cheshire Constabulary
Merseyside Police
Lancashire Constabulary
Cumbria Constabulary
LATEST NEWS FROM NORTH WEST
Robert Taylor, 42, of Farnworth, was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court to four years in prison with a one year extended license period today (Friday 18 October 2024) after pleading guilty to various charges relating to attempts to stir up racial hatred, including numerous offences under the Terrorism Act. In May 2021, Taylor attended a...
Muhammad Zakir Arif was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to assault, strangulation or suffocation, two counts of possession of a bladed article, and two counts of failure to comply with a Section 49 Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act notice.
Following an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing North West, a man who stabbed two women at a Marks and Spencer store in Burnley in 2020 and a male nurse in 2023, has today (Monday 2 September 2024) been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order under the Mental Health Act.
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