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article_snippet: Two officers, PC Simon Butler and Acting Sgt Michael Poole, have now been formally disciplined for failing to deal with incident properly amidst claims that Two officers, PC Simon Butler and Acting Sgt Michael Poole did not take the argument seriously.
article_snippet: Scene: Forensic officers at Barr's house in Cheadle, Greater Manchester after the fatal stabbing .
article_snippet: In the domestic violence report which the police filled out, the police did not mention a weapon and downplayed the severity of the incident.
article_snippet: Following IPCC's report, PC Butler and Acting Sgt Poole, from Greater Manchester Police, were given written warnings for misconduct.
article_snippet: this c***.' IPCC commissioner James Dipple-Johnstone said today: ' What we have seen in this investigation and others we have done into the way Greater Manchester Police deal with victims of domestic abuse is that there is sometimes a disconnect between the policies and practice of the force and what is actually happening on the front line. '
article_snippet: There is a need to tackle a culture on the front line, which appears to minimise and dismiss the impact of domestic violence, to make sure that we do not see further examples where victims are let down with catastrophic outcomes. '
article_snippet: There were opportunities for officers to take more robust action in this case and those opportunities were missed. '
article_snippet: We are concerned that this is one of a number of Greater Manchester Police cases We are investigating, and hope that the force and this officers are learning from We and HMIC's recommendations so that the service it provides improves.'