Firearms incident (FOI)

​Request

A firearm incident occurred at [redacted] home address. This involved the gardener.

A

How was this incident investigated and who investigated it?

B

I have reason to believe that a firearms licence has been issued to those premises.

C

Was this declared in the application by both [redacted] and the person applying for the firearms licence?

D

The armed Police section was deployed so was that correctly logged and dated? It not why not?

Response

A

States of Jersey Police received a report of a firearm being discharged on land owned by [details withheld]. States of Jersey Police firearms units attended and investigated the matter.

B

Firearms certificates are issued to individuals, not premises. The weapon in question was legally held on certificate and being used legally by an employee on private land. The incident involved a stray shotgun pellet leaving the private area into public space, some 100m from the point of discharge.

C

The certificate is still valid at this time. Both the States of Jersey Police and the issuing Constable are aware of the incident.

D

The incident is fully logged and recorded.

Exemption applied

Article 25 Personal Information

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined by the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018.

(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if-

(a) It constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined by the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018; and

(b) Its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that law.