A Coast Guard officer who was permitted to challenge a nearly decade-long delay by the Commissioner of Police in deciding his application for a firearm user’s licence (FUL), has since received it.

The officer, who requested anonymity due to security concerns, had been granted leave by Justice Karen Reid to pursue a judicial review claim, in which he alleged that the commissioner had breached a statutory duty by failing to process firearm licence applications from eligible, law-abiding citizens. Newsday understands that after receiving the provisional licence, the officer submitted his documents and now awaits his FUL.

On November 17, attorneys for the TT Police Service’s legal unit advised that a decision was given by the current CoP on the provisional licence which the officer collected on October 29.