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Devon and Cornwall Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the ceremonial counties of Devon and Cornwall (including the Isles of Scilly) in South West England. The force serves approximately 1.8 million people over an area of 3,967 square miles (10,270 km 2 ).
FEOs carry out enquiries and background checks as part of the application process for Firearms Certificates, Shotgun Certificates and explosives licenses. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They seek to establish that the applicant has sound reason to possess the articles for which they are applying, and ensure that the applicant has no record of violent or firearms ...
Devon and Cornwall Police stated that officers attended the scene within six minutes of the emergency calls and found the bodies of Davison and four of the victims. [10] They described the events as a "serious firearms incident" and established thirteen different crime scenes within the cordoned area. [18] [19]
The Independent Office for Police Conduct has previously launched a criminal investigation into the Devon and Cornwall force’s firearms licensing unit. Jake Davison (Handout/PA)
A man has been arrested on suspicion of possessing an imitation firearm in a public place, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were deployed to Plymouth city centre on ...
The probe will be overseen by the National Police Chiefs’ Council following Jake Davison’s murder spree in Plymouth last week. Inquiry launched into police firearms policy in wake of mass shooting
Police force Number of firearms officers Avon & Somerset Police: 112 Bedfordshire Police: 61 Cambridgeshire Police: 43 Cheshire Police: 51 City of London Police: 86 Cleveland Police: 71 Cumbria Police: 81 Derbyshire Police: 60 Devon & Cornwall Police: 142 Dorset Police: 66 Durham Police: 68 Dyfed-Powys Police: 59 Essex Police: 165 ...
The coroner's inquest heard that Firearms Enquiry Officers (FEO) at Devon and Cornwall Police had received no training for twenty years, [105] and that a "dangerously unsafe culture" had prevailed within the Firearms Licensing Office, which was described as "a dangerous shambles".