police caution ?

Question

hi does anyone know if a police caution given about 7 years ago would show up on a check done by a prospective employer ?
its not for me but for a close friend of mine who wants to apply for a job where i work and is worried it will show up and be embarresing for her and for me as i told her about the job.
from what she has told me it was for shop lifting and was her first and only offence. i don't know if she is worrying over nothing.

Answer 1

The conviction is spent and will not be disclosed UNLESS she is applying for a job which is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act e.g. school teacher.
Tell her not to worry.

Answer 2

I assume you are referring to an official recorded caution which can be issued by police instead of going to court for an offense provided it is a first offense (and not too serious) and there is a full admission of guilt/ involvement. It is not a conviction although it is recorded by the police on the Police National Computer (PNC). For some occupations (IE police) you will be required to disclose any such cautions or convictions (no matter how long ago it happened) upon applying for a post, in others you have no such obligation. In the NHS I would suggest it depends upon the job you are actually applying for as to whether a police caution will affect your chances of getting the position. Ring and ask if need to declare it, you don,t have to give them your real name. If you do have to declare it do so because if you don't and they find out you could lose the job just lying about the fact you have a caution rather than the caution itself.

Answer 3

A prospective employer cannot check any police files. The only way to check Police files is for your 'friend' to complete a Criminal Records Bureau Check (CRB) for which she has to complete and sign.

I am almost sure that after seven years from the conviction date all records are removed under the Rehabilitation of Offenders act and the only ones that remain for longer than that are ones where the person was sentenced to a prison term exceeding 4 years. In this case the offence will never become spent and will remain on your criminal records forever.

Get your 'friend' to ask what searches they will do out of curiosity.

Best of luck.

Answer 4

A caution is not a criminal conviction but it will be recorded on the police database and may be considered in court in the event of the offender being tried for another offence. The record will remain on the police database for five years along with photographs, fingerprints and any other samples taken at the time.
There are a few very sensitive areas of work where people are supposed to declare everything in your past. You would know whether that is the case with your job, but you sound relaxed about it all and so I would presume that your friend is entirely in the clear.

Answer 5

A police caution is an alternative to prosecution available to be administered by the police in the United Kingdom to less serious offenders. A caution is not a criminal conviction.However,it does result in a criminal record It is recorded on the police database and may be considered in court in the event of the offender being tried for another offence. The record will remain on the police database for five years along with photographs, fingerprints and any other samples taken at the time.

Answer 6

A CRB or criminal records check is quiet common for many employers to require of their employees and is carried out by government registered bodies once the prospective employee has filled in the form and produce the appropriate i.d. As these only look for criminal records, where imprisonment or other court metered punishment was involved a caution will not show up. A police caution is an official "telling off" and only stays on record for up to 6 months depending on the age of the person involved. My son was given one once for graffiti and his CRB came back with nothing on it.

Answer 7

No. After 7 years only the most serious offences for which a jail sentence was served would show up; unless it was what is called an "enhanced check" (for people aiming to be employed in charge of/working with children); and that would show up only if the caution was for an incident involving a child.

Answer 8

I think that if it were only a caution and no charges were ever filed it won't. Unless yo are working for a government agency and she would need to have a security clearance or be bonded or such. I think that the company that case would do a deeper search into her background. I know some companies check your credit rating for new hires.

Answer 9

A police caution? I dont know what that is, however if she lives in the US if she was a minor when she did it, it shouldn't so up, plus she may be able to take the needed actions to have it expunged.

If she was an adult, and she plead guilty or no contest it may show up on a criminal record check.

Answer 10

Yrp im a Police officer and it will stay on her record for life,but after 10 years it will not be seen on the computer