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The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has declared a “critical incident” due to protracted backlogs of applications within its firearms licensing department. A critical incident is defined as “Any incident where the effectiveness of the police response is likely to have a significant impact on the confidence of the victim, their family or the community”. The… Read more »
BASC Scotland has reinforced its calls for a community deer management pilot scheme in light of a new round of Scottish government deer contracts. The Scottish government agency responsible for managing publicly-owned forestry – Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) – has announced plans to cull a fifth of Scotland’s wild deer population over the next… Read more »
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The official terror threat level has been secretly lowered for the first time since the London bombings on July 7. According to the Sunday Telegraph, the threat level has been reduced from the highest level of “critical”, or Level One, to “severe general”, or Level 2G. The decision is said to have been made on… Read more »
Britain’s top police officers are reconsidering the shoot to kill policy that had been introduced to help combat terrorism. The reassessment is a result of the first implementation of the policy, which resulted in the death of innocent Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes, reports the Guardian. Mr de Menezes was mistaken for one of the… Read more »
