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A new training programme for Firearms Enquiry Officers (FEOs) which BASC helped to develop was launched at a meeting of the College of Policing this week. As a key stakeholder, BASC was invited to attend the launch alongside representatives from 41 of the UK’s police forces’ firearms licensing departments and other shooting organisations. BASC played… Read more »
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Two Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) in the north of England have committed to working with BASC to improve firearms licensing in their areas. Martin Parker, BASC’s head of firearms, travelled to meet Jonathan Evison, the re-elected PCC for Humberside, and Dan Price, the new PCC for Cheshire. At both meetings, firearms licensing was discussed… Read more »
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