Hi I had my firearms officer over today for my interview for my first fac and he was saying it’s not his decision he just comes out for the interview it falls down to management back in the police station if it gets granted or not. Just wandering if that is correct as i thought it was him who made the decision
Does FOA have the final say?
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Norfolk Deer Search
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never has been the firearms officer, he’s the man you need to make the right noises too, then he reports to those higher up.
Yes, he's correct.
The chap you saw will have been an FEO (firearms enquiry officer). His job is to make enquiries into your suitability (eg, interview you, check your security, speak to your referees, etc). He then makes a recommendation to the head of the firearms licensing dept, based on his enquiries, but it is not the FEO that ultimately decides whether your FAC will be granted
timbrayford
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FEO is correct
shakey jake
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I think this is the first post where an feo has made a comment and everyone agrees its correct!
Weird
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Licensing offices have taken to quoting "The Descision Maker" as wether to grant,
Norfolk Deer Search
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Nope never heard of that before, not in the 20 odd years I’ve had a FAC
Oracle
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The FEO is not required to “quote it”… any decision maker, irrespective of the role they are employed in, must be able to justify that they followed the Model when reaching their decision/recommendation…..bearing in mind that their decision/recommendation might be scrutinised, dissected and questioned in criminal or civil court proceedings at any time in the future.
An FEO can have a say but its down to the Chief Constable or the second in command who says yes on no and puts the signature on the paperwork .
timbrayford
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Precisely how Dunblane happened!
There was a lot more to that story but none of it is really relevant . Much of it remains secret to this day
That's because it is "New speak", a bit like all the "New Speak" that is proliferating around us, seems to have started with "At Pace" & "Another Line" or "Drilling Down" / "Keeping Across This" "Going Forward"
He relies on his "Descision Maker"
timbrayford
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Entirely relevant, in short: FEO says Hamilton is a weirdo and shouldn't get his renewal, senior police officer & fellow paedophile of Hamilton over rules her!
Question on Masonic links left Dunblane inquiry chief stunned
LORD Cullen, who presided over the Dunblane inquiry, was "taken aback" when he was asked to declare whether he was a Freemason, newly released papers have revealed.
www.scotsman.com
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