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Firearms Enquiry Officer

1 month ago

Dorchester, United Kingdom Adecco UK Full time

We are currently recruiting for a Firearms Enquiry Officer to work for Devon and Cornwall Police at Dorchester Police Station in a hybrid capacity.

This is a temporary ongoing position working Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.

PLEASE NOTE DUE TO POLICE VETTING CRITERIA YOU MUST HAVE RESIDED WITHIN THE UK CONTINUOUSLY FOR AT LEAST 3 YEARS

To undertake enquiries to support the effective control of firearms and ammunition to ensure public safety and full compliance with legislation, Home Office directives and Force policy. In particular to:

- Undertake visits to applicants' premises to ensure appropriately secure firearms and ammunition storage and that the premises are suitably secure, providing crime prevention advice to minimise the potential theft and misuse of firearms and ammunition.
- Interview applicants, paying particular attention to family circumstances, the level of domestic harmony, personal habits, especially possible domestic**, **drink or drugs abuse, and any other factor that may raise concerns over the suitability of the applicant to hold a firearms certificate.
- Make decisions as to whether a certificate should be approved, clearly identifying areas of concern, and where appropriate, advising Force colleagues or other partner agencies.
- Manage an appointments diary for visiting and interviewing applicants or for viewing their premises, seeking to meet the needs of the applicant as much as possible.
- Ensure that known changes in existing certificate holders' circumstances that may impact on their suitability to continue to hold a firearms certificate are verified, considered fully and appropriate action taken to address any potential problem or to diminish risk.
- Seek to establish an effective relationship with certificate holders so as to build trust and to maximise the possibility of providing information on illegal use of firearms and ammunition.
- Interview suspects where certificate conditions have been breached, and, where appropriate produce a statement, prepare case files for potential prosecution and attend court as required.
- When appropriate, and after undertaking suitable risk assessments, seize firearms, ensuring their safe transport and storage.
- Undertake a daily check of appropriate databases to identify whether any police activities involve a known firearms keeper, flagging such cases to the appropriate functional area or department.
- Provide specialist advice and guidance to colleagues and police officers
- Maintain and update record management systems.
- Undertake any other activity commensurate with the role determined by line management

In addition there are some functions that are intrinsic to this role. An employer's duty of care and current legislation allows the Force to establish if a potential applicant could carry them out, either with or without reasonable adjustments. These functions are:

- Lone working
- Working with Firearms/Ammunitions
- Working in Environment with potential for Conflict, Violence (verbal/physical) etc.

To assist in ensuring applicants would be able to undertake these functions of the role, a medical assessment via a questionnaire will be undertaken and may subsequently require a consultation with the Occupational Health Support Unit.

**Role-Specific Training and CPD to be undertaken**
- Interview Skills Course
- Firearms safety course
- Force and national databases such as STORM/UNIFI/PNC
- National Firearms Licensing Management System
- Read-only access to National Ballistics Information System (NaBIS)
- Officer Safety Training
- Firearms Land check course
- PACE/Disclosure training
- Statement taking
- RIPA training
- Explosives awareness course

ESSENTIAL CAPABILITIES & EXPERIENCE
- Significant investigative experience over a sustained period
- Computer literacy, with the ability to interrogate computer systems and draw information.
- Working knowledge of firearms legislation and current working practices is desirable (willingness to be trained is essential).
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills both verbally and written to internal and external stakeholders, including the public.
- Ability to deal with complex and sensitive issues to abstract information and make evidence-based recommendations.
- Proven experience of decision making utilising a recognised decision-making model.

Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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