Document management system for firearms authorisation forms
Jermaine Baker Inquiry · Report into the Death of Jermaine Baker · Issued 5 July 2022 · Addressed to: National Police Chiefs Council
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation, 15.3
In order to provide for efficacy and transparency, the NPCC and College of Policing should be tasked with providing a document management system for FA (and equivalent) forms. The system should allow for the auditing of completion and submission dates as well as version management.
Jermaine Baker Inquiry, Report into the Death of Jermaine Baker · 5 Jul 2022 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
Publicly available evidence relating to this recommendation:
- The College of Policing updated APP-AP in August 2023 but full document management system implementation was noted as ongoing (College of Policing APP-AP update, August 2023).
- No published evidence of a completed national document management system for FA forms has been identified to March 2026.
Response — verbatim from government
●Metropolitan Police Service — initial response
MPS formally responded on 28 October 2022 (paras 9-11). Recs not addressed to MPS directly. MPS actively assisting College of Policing and NPCC. SFC/TFC command logs reviewed under NPCC project led by Ian Davies. MPS piloted CLIO as FA forms replacement.
Metropolitan Police Service · 28 Oct 2022 Written response →
●National Police Chiefs Council — follow-up
No formal NPCC response published. MPS response (28 October 2022, paras 9-11) confirms NPCC project led by Ian Davies reviewing SFC/TFC command logs nationally. MPS actively assisting NPCC on document management system for FA forms. CLIO IT platform piloted as replacement.
National Police Chiefs Council · 28 Oct 2022 Written response →
Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
- 1 Aug 2023 Status as of College of Policing APP-AP update (August 2023): In Progress Source →
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