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10:27:36 Comms Telephone No it’s alright, don’t worry, possibly
more than once
10:27:41 Susan Telephone It was yeah, about six times
Comms Telephone Do we know what the injury is
10:27:44 Susan Telephone I haven’t a clue, they’re away up the
top, we’re at the bottom where our
houses are and Jack’s gone up to
the lonning eh.
8.31 At 10:27 hrs the following information was passed by the Western
Control room.
10:27:24 Comms
centre
Airwave 2041 we’re getting further calls that
it was actually a shot gun I just need
ya to stand down at this time
10:27:32 PC 2041 Airwave Say again
10:27:36 Comms
centre
Airwave Yeah, just yeah cancel me last ‘er
there was conflicting reports that it
was actually shot guns that were
being used, ‘er we’ve advised to
stand ya down but now it’s gone
back to air rifles
10:27:48 PC 2041 Airwave Yeah standing back up
10:27:50 Comms
centre
Airwave Sorry about that ‘er I think that the
lady on the phone was a wee bit
confused at the minute
8.32 At 10:30 hrs unarmed officers attended the scene and discovered the
body of Kevin COMMONS and the FIM authorised the deployment of
ARV’s.
8.33 It is difficult to establish exactly what information the FIM had, at any
given time, as much was passed verbally by his staff in response to
information received from the Western Call Centre.
8.34 This demonstrates the importance of the FIM recording information in
relation to the decisions that they make.
8.35 Great emphasis was clearly placed on the type of weapon that was
believed to be in the possession of the suspect.
THIS REPORT IS EMBARGOED
UNTIL 4PM MONDAY 28 TH 8.36 It is the opinion of the review team that based on the information,
originally given to the call taker, that it would have been entirely
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