Amend firearms authorisation forms for risk assessment and tipping points
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, 15.4
There should be an amendment to FA (and equivalent) forms to: a. encourage a multidimensional risk assessment (to comply with Article 2) to minimise, to the greatest extent possible, recourse to lethal force; b. include a provision for reference to evidential and, where appropriate, geographical tipping points; c. include a dedicated box on the FA2 form to be completed when no FA1 form has been completed, with an explanation for the reason therefor; d. include the provision (and the requirement) for updating the forms during the course of an operation.
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 incorporating amendments to FA form requirements including provision for multidimensional risk assessment and evidential tipping points (College of Policing APP-AP update, August 2023).
Response — verbatim from government
●Metropolitan Police Service — initial response
MPS formally responded on 28 October 2022 (paras 12-14). Internal guidance issued to CTSFO Tac Advisors within MO19 on tailoring FA5 forms. Training time set aside for FA form usage and completion.
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 12-14) confirms NPCC project reviewing FA form amendments nationally. MPS issued internal guidance to CTSFO Tac Advisors within MO19 pending national outcomes.
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): Completed Source →
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