Bazooka Joe Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 (edited) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/7980149.stm Best one about this is, he was the FEO for Durham, A good example of the Not So Squeeky Clean, BJ. Edited April 2, 2009 by Bazooka Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyboy30 Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 LINK DONT WORK MATE :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted April 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Does Now, BJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironhorse Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Link does work cut and paste address bar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scifiden Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Beggars belief that a firearms officer can be so stupid or greedy or both :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyboy30 Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 got it now mate this was my FEO about 2 yrs back :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted April 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 There's a bit more to this story, the above link doesn't cover, But it'll come out in the wash eventually, BJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGalway Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 I was wondering where Grasshopper got all them fancy new guns he showed me by PM :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libs Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 Whats the chance this is the only one. Most nicks are bent worse the the dregs the pull in. I know theres many a straight copper out there but still...... Moneys money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 I was wondering where Grasshopper got all them fancy new guns he showed me by PM :unsure: I have got a single Baikel in the cabinet that i bought from him...not had a knock yet,but i do have the receipt so not to bothered. I might sell it on April 1st next year.....but before noon Have shot with him on our pheasant shoot on a few occasions...speak as you find and i found him fine,especially when i put a fox i,d just shot into his brand new game bag and he carried it out of the wood for me. The fella has a good sense of humour,was helpful to me and i hope it all works out for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 I have to say I have always suspected "destroyed" probably meant "sold to boost the general (official and accounted for) retirement fund". It does seem ludicrous to destroy perfectly functional guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 The police do routinely sell guns handed in for disposal. That is a matter of fact and its official police policy. They put them through the auctions in the normal way. I think that what appears to have happened here is a little private enterprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROBLATCH Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 got it now mate this was my FEO about 2 yrs back :unsure: and mine . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted April 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 The fella has a good sense of humour The 46-year-old is being questioned on suspicion of malpractice in public office, theft, forgery and deception. He'll certainly need it....still decorating this mornings News up here, Personally, I hope they throw the book at him, along with a few others in his little Pyramid he was building. He might have pleased some, but the general opinion of him by most I've talked to was less than favorable. BJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 I agree that a guns handed in to the fire arms department that are functional Antique or otherwise should not be destroyed, l'd rather they sold them back into the shooting fraturnity rather than chop them up. I've often bugged my FEO (jokingly) about selling me guns. But he's to the letter and told me to get to the auctions! Personally l can't blame the bloke! Put a decent English gun in front of me as a FEO for destruction and i'd be tempted - i dont know who wouldn't! T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 Personally, I hope they throw the book at him, along with a few others in his little Pyramid he was building. BJ. Your just a bitter and twisted,grumpy old ***,although you did get the last laugh on him...4 times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breastman Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 My former FEO aswell. Personally i hope they don't throw the book at him, while i whole-heartedly agree what he has (allegedly) done is wrong, i'd rather see the handed in guns get a good home than see some smug anti pr!ck enjoying reading about them getting destroyed Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Fudd Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 every time a gun gets destroyed i shed a tear, good on him for saving them :blush: : na seriousley, tbh i dont see what the major problem is (yes yes breach of trust, etc, i mean apart from all that) - if you dont want it anymore and the cops can flog it, so what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted April 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 Yep, flogged them alright, malpractice in public office, theft, forgery and deception. Seems to be the issue here, not where the guns have gone, in fact they all are on ticket, BJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 just don't hang him too quick, you've had the media response but it usually differs from the horses mouth. It seems a little far fetched that he has been removing guns and selling them with receipts to his customers and gun shops. If he has then it does show some glaringly obvious faults in the system such as how was he allowed to just walk off with the firearms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted April 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 you've had the media response but it usually differs from the horses mouth. Yep, Like I said, a bit more to come, & that's from the Horses Mouth, BJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 A good mate of mine was visited by the police a few weeks ago his 410 shotgun that he bought a few months ago is one of the guns in question they checked everything out and told him he was the legal owner and not to worry and even gave him paperwork to that effect.. They were just tracing back along the line to find out the source looks like they succeeded... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGalway Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 I have got a single Baikel in the cabinet that i bought from him...not had a knock yet,but i do have the receipt so not to bothered.I might sell it on April 1st next year.....but before noon Have shot with him on our pheasant shoot on a few occasions...speak as you find and i found him fine,especially when i put a fox i,d just shot into his brand new game bag and he carried it out of the wood for me. The fella has a good sense of humour,was helpful to me and i hope it all works out for him. In the mean time I'll send you off a years supply of soap on a rope for your stay at her majestys pleasure Can't see anyone who bought stuff from him getting in bother. He was the one doing the bit on the side. Be interesting to see what happens all the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 I've heard of instances where guns have been taken from revoked owners complete with scopes and such that the owner could have legally retained and sold. A story I heard was that a powerfull scope would only be fitted to a powerfull rifle so it was used as an excuse to seize it. I'm not saying this is fact - nor that this officer is out of order but there's little smoke without fire and this sort of stroke is bound to fuel suspicion that fund raising sometimes takes place at the expense of a firearms holder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC45 Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 I find it strange that he got away with it for so long, obviously the Police database does not show duplicates??? Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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