article_snippet: A police force has been accused of putting a  sex offender's 'human rights' before public safety after officers admitted officers were trying to trace a missing individual but refused to reveal officers name or gender.
article_snippet: Furious Julie Hilling, MP for Bolton West, said Greater Manchester Police were offering protection to offenders who have 'broken the rules'.
article_snippet: Angry Tony Lloyd, Greater Manchester's police and crime commissioner, said human rights legislation was never intended to protect registered sex offenders.
article_snippet: Julie Hilling, MP for Bolton West, said police were offering protection to offenders who have 'broken the rules'
article_snippet: Human rights legislation was never intended to protect registered sex offenders who choose to go off the grid. '
article_snippet: Human rights legislation should never be the determining factor when police consider if police should release an offender's details. '
highlights_snippet: Bolton MP's claims human rights laws being used to protect offenders .
  