Greater Manchester Police, in partnership with Manchester City Council, CityCo, the University of Manchester and the Pub and Club Network, have relaunched the summer Safer Streets operation following last year’s initiative. The scheme targets Manchester city centre’s night-time economy hotspots, with a focus on tackling violence against women and girls. An additional £50,000 has been allocated to train night-time economy staff to spot and call out predatory behaviour, and to clamp down on crimes such as rape, sexual assault, spiking and harassment. The operation will see more uniformed and undercover officers deployed across the city centre during busy evenings this summer. Superintendent Nicola Williams, who leads operations in Manchester city centre, said:“This additional funding is supporting us to put extra resources into the busiest areas on the busiest days, and hopefully bring similar crime reductions to other nightlife hotspots.