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Changes To (CPIC) Criminal Record Checks Coming In January

December 19, 2012 posted by Steve Brownstein

The RCMP are making changes to how much information will be dug up when it comes to doing basic criminal records in order to help speed up administrative work.

Starting Jan.2, 2013, police information checks will only be providing the first two levels – records of criminal convictions for which a pardon has not been granted and records of outstanding criminal charges still before the court – unless otherwise specifically requested at the time of application.

Currently during a police information check, levels three and four – information about non-convictions and information found in police indices where charges were not laid – are done as well.

“Doing all these checks can actually take quite a bit of time and a lot of times the employers might not need such a precise level of police information checks,” said Cpl. Roy Kennedy, a media relation’s officer for the RCMP.

“We’re just trying to make the process as efficient as possible so we can increase the turnaround time for people that are coming in for these checks.”

Kennedy said it is important for the public and employees to understand what checks fit your organization’s needs