article_snippet: A subsequent report sparked an investigation conducted by the force's professional standards branch, and supervised by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), which today highlights a number of significant failures.
article_snippet: The investigation - titled Operation Span - exposed flaws across all agencies in response to the challenges associated with child sexual exploitation, including a lack of understanding of the complexity of the issue.
article_snippet: Other failures were identified as issues, with information being shared across agencies that used different IT systems, GMP's focus being on addressing serious acquisitive crime, and officers not having the necessary skill set.
article_snippet: The investigation identified one detective sergeant who made individual errors in his handling of The investigation, but The investigation found that his had raised concerns about a need for more resources but was not supported by his superiors.
article_snippet: Here we highlight the failures.