Police have reinstated their previous firearms vetting policy after former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming ordered changes in 2023 following a complaint from an acquaintance facing licence revocation over driving demerit points.
Commissioner Richard Chambers said better judgement should have been used, and the Te Tari Pūreke Firearms Safety Authority has since confirmed the updated policy restores prior procedures and reinforces safeguards on police data use.
The authority found McSkimming’s directive was based on a misunderstanding about data sources, but clarified that traffic offences can still inform “fit and proper” assessments.
An internal review concluded McSkimming had authority to make the change, though the process lacked robustness. Police confirmed the reversal did not alter the outcome in the acquaintance’s case.

A stepping stone away to- then your social credits do not fit “fit and proper” assessments. Then AI will pre predict you as a risk so you will be even lucky to drive a car to get deremits in the first place. FFS humans are certainly the masters of their demise.
Cool cool. Now do his pedo bestiality charges.
Usually the swamp creatures at BSC jack up sexual assault charge to access to data hence the pedo and bestiality stuff, is it real or a plant who knows