Firearms Licencing Failures

[Polchraine]

An interesting read: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/0 ... e-bullied/

[AL8]

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[Pete]

First couple of lines tell the story.........

Pete

[Alpha1]

Fortunatelly my Licencing department is probably the best in the Country. Renewals take weeks variations take days. I have had a variation in 48 hours.

[Polchraine]

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The first paragraphs from teh Telegraph:

A firearms whistleblower who warned poor police vetting could lead to dangerous people getting guns was bullied and unfairly dismissed by a force, a tribunal has found.

Tim Lumb was shocked by the poor standards he witnessed upon joining the firearms licensing unit at Greater Manchester Police (GMP) in a civilian role after 15 years as an officer with Derbyshire Police.

The unit was trying to overhaul its system for reviewing the backgrounds of gun licence applicants, as well as existing licence holders, after police inspectors found “inadequacies” in 2015.

However, over an 18-month period, Mr Lumb claimed he witnessed colleagues fail to carry out basic checks, including on names and addresses which would potentially unearth domestic violence reports or police intelligence linking individuals to organised crime.

He saw “important information being missed” through inadequate searches on telephone records, as well as GP letters, which could contain important mental health information, not being added to an individual’s file for vetting purposes.

[dodgyrog]

I bet my local force would be worse!

[bradaz11]

i love how they think members of organised crime would apply for an FAc to hone their skills.

[Racalman]

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Mike

[millemigliadave]

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Mike

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[Christel]

That article is a tad unfair. 2015 is mentioned, that is over 7 years ago and new management has been put in place since then. Also it sounds like the chap in question was not liked.