A former police officer was ostracised by colleagues, verbally abused, assaulted and then unfairly sacked after he complained that standards of work in a 'toxic' gun licence vetting unit were putting the public at risk, an employment tribunal has found.
Tim Lumb, 48, was subjected to what he describes as a 'horrendous' ordeal after he made allegations about working practices inside GMP's Firearms Licensing Unit, where he worked as a civilian researcher.
The married former cop, from the High Peak, made a whistleblowing disclosure to his boss on October 4, 2017, alleging colleagues in the unit were putting the public at risk by failing to research phone, business, GP and internal police records during a review of gun licences.
