Greater Manchester Police will receive a total of £18m to tackle antisemitism.
The additional funding will be paid over a three-year period, following a successful Home Office bid
It will fund more than 50 extra police officers, increase specialist capabilities, including armed response vehicles with dedicated armed officers, and support the delivery of antisemitism training for all officers.
This will be in addition to the extra £2m per year for three years GMP will also receive from the Home Office, to fund extra Project Servator deployments, as announced in April.
Deputy Chief Constable Matt Boyle said: “We welcome this funding in strengthening our approach to protecting the Jewish community. It is clear there is a heightened, and evidenced risk for the Jewish community and this will enhance our ability to keep them safe in the places where they live, work and worship.
“Our commitment to the Jewish communities across Greater Manchester has not wavered since the synagogue attack and our visible presence has been a priority for our neighbourhood teams. The funding will allow us to create a new dedicated team, specifically to tackle antisemitism, allowing our neighbourhood teams to refocus on wider neighbourhood policing priorities.
“The new team will continue with a neighbourhood-led, intelligence-driven approach – listening carefully to communities and using information from them and our partners to direct resources to where there is the greatest risk of harm, alongside the broader national picture.
“We are committed to ensuring all communities feel safe and to bringing anyone to justice who seeks to harm them. We know people across all our communities may currently feel uncertain about their safety, and it’s vital they can see and feel that we are listening, responding, and acting on the concerns raised with us and our partners.”
