The Chief Constable of Cumbria police has committed additional resources to firearms licensing in the region to cut delays for certificate renewals. BASC’s head of firearms, Martin Parker, met with the Chief Constable of Cumbria Constabulary, Rob Carden, on Monday 29 April to discuss the service delivered by his force to certificate holders in the… Read more »
BASC’s head of firearms Bill Harriman has written to the Chief Constable of West Mercia Police to challenge its decision to make all applications for firearms and shotgun certificates online only. The force announced this week that from 1 May printed applications would no longer be accepted. In a letter to Chief Constable Alex Murray,… Read more »
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The Conservative Party is proposing that local politicians should control the police. Shadow home secretary Oliver Letwin criticised the Government with claims of centralisation of Police policy, and promised that a Conservative administration would reverse present police policy. Mr Letwin told the Police Superintendents’ Association conference that he would remove control from the ‘politicians and… Read more »
Prime Minister Tony Blair faced up to “awkward squad” unionism at a dinner at the TUC conference in Brighton last night, telling militants it was fantastical to believe his Government was for turning to the left. His counsel to the TUC’s 59-member general council and Cabinet ministers at the seafront Grand Hotel in Brighton came… Read more »
