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AL8 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 15, 2022 9:39 pm cant open, have to sign up to

A firearms whistleblower who warned poor police vetting could lead to dangerous people getting guns was bullied and unfairly dismissed by a force, a tribunal has found.

Tim Lumb was shocked by the poor standards he witnessed upon joining the firearms licensing unit at Greater Manchester Police (GMP) in a civilian role after 15 years as an officer with Derbyshire Police.

The unit was trying to overhaul its system for reviewing the backgrounds of gun licence applicants, as well as existing licence holders, after police inspectors found “inadequacies” in 2015.

However, over an 18-month period, Mr Lumb claimed he witnessed colleagues fail to carry out basic checks, including on names and addresses which would potentially unearth domestic violence reports or police intelligence linking individuals to organised crime.

He saw “important information being missed” through inadequate searches on telephone records, as well as GP letters, which could contain important mental health information, not being added to an individual’s file for vetting purposes.

AL8 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 15, 2022 9:39 pm cant open, have to sign up to

Racalman wrote: ↑Tue Nov 29, 2022 11:32 am

AL8 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 15, 2022 9:39 pm cant open, have to sign up to

Here's the trick. As soon as the page opens in your browser, and before the subscription pop-up appears, hit CTRL-A then CTRL-C.

This selects and copies the entire page, which you can then paste in to your favourite word processor.

Mike