Christine Lee
15 Jul 2019 · Coroner Richard Travers · Surrey
A similar concern from this report was raised again 1 time later. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
1. insufficient training for FEOs leading to incorrect certification decisions
“there was no national training course for staff working in police firearms licensing departments as Firearms Enquiry Officers”
2. unreliable medical fitness assessment for shotgun certificate applicants
“the deaths of [the deceased] and [name redacted], (i) the perpetrator had failed to declare medical conditions from which he was suffering on his most recent application to renew his shotgun certificate and (ii) following a concern being raised that he may be suffering from Alzheimer's Disease, Surrey FEOs had been required to visit the perpetrator in order to assess whether he was suffering from that condition, but that they had not had the skills or training to enable them to do so reliably”
Linked reports
Raised again laterMaxine Davison, Lee Martyn, Sophie Martyn, Stephen Washington and Kate Shepherd8 Feb 2023 · 3 years 7 months later
Closely relatedConfidence 0.90 · high
This report
“there was no national training course for staff working in police firearms licensing departments as Firearms Enquiry Officers”
Later report
“numerous recommendations arising from previous inquiries and reviews regarding the training of police officers and police staff involved in firearms licensing decisions had not been put into effect”
Responses
No published response was found on judiciary.uk.