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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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Home Secretary David Blunkett has said that crime detection rates are ‘not good enough’. Speaking to Newsnight on BBC last night he explained that although crime has fallen, the fear of crime remains high, and that the proportion of crimes being resolved is too low. Fewer than a quarter of crimes lead to the perpetrator… Read more »
A survey by the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) has found that educational bodies are performing the worst out of all public sectors to implement race equality measures. New legislation was brought in after the Stephen Lawrence investigation, moving the race equality agenda to the public sector and forcing it to ’embrace a proactive, positive… Read more »
