Post by Vinny on Jan 31, 2023 9:29:50 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-64451185
Doesn't inspire confidence in the Police, they need to get their act together.
The firearms enquiry officer involved in issuing a shotgun licence to a
man who killed five people did not receive any training, an inquest has
heard.
Jake Davison, 22, had a licence for the pump-action weapon he used in the shooting in Keyham, Plymouth, in 2021.
David Rees worked as a firearms enquiry officer at Devon and Cornwall Police.
He
told the inquest he learned the role "on the job", and he wished a
different decision had been made over the licence being reissued to
Davison that year.
The jury hearing into the deaths of the
victims, being held at Exeter Racecourse, was told former police officer
and Royal Marine Mr Rees was a firearms enquiry officer from May 2016
until he later left the force.
Bridget Dolan KC, acting on behalf of the coroner, asked him: "What training were you given in 2016?"
He replied: "Nothing I would describe as training. It was done in a mentoring or buddy system - learning on the job."
man who killed five people did not receive any training, an inquest has
heard.
Jake Davison, 22, had a licence for the pump-action weapon he used in the shooting in Keyham, Plymouth, in 2021.
David Rees worked as a firearms enquiry officer at Devon and Cornwall Police.
He
told the inquest he learned the role "on the job", and he wished a
different decision had been made over the licence being reissued to
Davison that year.
The jury hearing into the deaths of the
victims, being held at Exeter Racecourse, was told former police officer
and Royal Marine Mr Rees was a firearms enquiry officer from May 2016
until he later left the force.
Bridget Dolan KC, acting on behalf of the coroner, asked him: "What training were you given in 2016?"
He replied: "Nothing I would describe as training. It was done in a mentoring or buddy system - learning on the job."
