A police force is being investigated over evidence that it gave in relation to two fatal shootings.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is looking into Greater Manchester officers after the deaths of PC Ian Terry, who was killed in a botched training exercise in 2008, and Anthony Grainger, an unarmed man who was shot by police in 2012.
The IPCC is also reinvestigating the death of Jordan Begley, 23, who had been tasered by police in 2013.
No officers have faced criminal charges over the death of PC Terry, 32, a father of two who had volunteered to play the role of a criminal fleeing a car during an exercise in a disused factory.
PC Terry, from Burnley, was shot at close range by an officer with a shotgun and died within minutes. In 2010 an inquest found that he had been unlawfully killed, but the Crown Prosecution Service said that there was insufficient evidence to bring criminal charges.
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Two officers were found guilty of gross misconduct at internal disciplinary hearings, while a third retired before proceedings could be held. The force was fined for health and safety offences.
The IPCC confirmed that a new investigation had been launched into the actions of officers and the evidence they provided. “Some of the allegations are still being assessed at this time to determine whether or not they warrant investigation,” a spokesman said.
A public inquiry into the death of Mr Grainger, 36, from Bolton, began in January and was told that officers had relied on inaccurate briefings.
The father of two was shot through the windscreen of a stolen Audi in a car park in Culcheth, Cheshire, in March 2012. The IPCC said it would consider publishing a report after the inquiry.
The spokesman said: “We have also begun a separate independent investigation into a complaint that relates to evidence given at the public inquiry.”
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A second report into the death of Mr Begley, who was tasered and restrained when police were called to his home during a row with neighbours in Gorton, east Manchester, is expected to be published this year. The original report was quashed by the High Court.