Criminal Record

[bazokajoe]

2 things you never do on TERB

1) take medical advice from here.
2) take legal advice from here.

 

[John Wick]

2 things you never do on TERB

1) take medical advice from here.
2) take legal advice from here.

or 3) take financial advice from here

 

[Deviant]

Ok I withdraw my comment and suggest your nephew gets advice from a knowledgeable source that he can trust. I was simply paraphrasing some of the things I learned from people I know well who have trouble crossing the border for minor offenses committed decades ago. In both cases they received conditional discharges and obtained pardons but have to obtain USA Entry Waivers each time they want to enter the US. Both have received ample legal advice. I should know better than to post on this type of thing. Good luck to your nephew.

Your friends still need waivers every time they cross the border, because US Law enforcement did a criminal check with the Canadian Law enforcement before the pardons and now the information is in the US database even if gone from the Canadian database. I have been told that its almost impossible to get anything removed from the US database.

 

[lomotil]

I have a nephew who is beyond upset and needs some advice. He needed a Police background check for a volunteer position he wants .He received it today in the mail and it states somehow he has a Criminal Record. He was able to renew his passport recently, cross the border with no issue what so ever.I was with him one time crossing the border. He was arrested once few years ago but was never charged,never finger printed ,never went to Court or jail. It says that his birth date and fingerprints match a person with a C.R. He is devestated as he was planing to apply to RMC next year.

Any suggestions I can offer him? He is really confused and upset.

If your nephew is sure that he was never charged, fingerprinted and never went to court yet he has a criminal record, then he should perhaps get professional legal advice. Unless your nephew is not being entirely forthcoming with you, then perhaps he has been the victim of a clerical error by LE which has been known to happen.
He is also able to cross the US border without any hassles apparently.
If he has a criminal record, then his name is in the CPIC computer which lists criminal convictions under the Canadian Criminal Code and is shared with the USA and some other countries. Many people with criminal records cannot enter the USA very easily if at all.
He could contact cpic-cpic@rcmp-grc,gc.ca and explain his concerns.

A criminal record is different than a police record. The former means that someone has been convicted under the CCC while the latter pertains to information on someone that police have acquired during an investigation.
Many people have a police record aka “being known to the police” or being “ a person of interest”which has absolutely nothing to do with having a criminal record. Police records are not shared with third parties in general except other LE.
Police records are generally not destroyed, nor should they be as the information has the potential to be very useful in the future. Criminal records are different and can be expunged or erased from CPIC in certain circumstances such as plea bargains.

 

[basketcase]

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A criminal record check only comes back if you have been convicted of a crime. Hence the term "criminal record".
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Except that's not what he got according to the OP. A vulnerable sector check which is needed for volunteering is not the same as a criminal record check and will include any interactions with police, even if charges were not pursued.

More bad advice here. Americans are quite liberal about letting you into there country, even if it shows you been arrested before....

Agreed. And the border cops don't ask about convictions, they ask whether you've been arrested. They already know and it's a truth check.

 

[basketcase]

Encourage him to pursue applying for a pardon. This will keep resurfacing. Samething happened to a close friend of mine.

Don't believe that impacts a vulnerable sector search (or the US border questions).

 

[basketcase]

or 3) take financial advice from here

But that message I got about bitcoin last week sounded so good!

 

[jeff2]

The star has discussed this at length. do some r and d then get a lawyer

Yes, I recall an article in the Star about this. Can't remember if this was it.

420,000 in police database never convicted: Analysis

National database includes hundreds of thousands of innocent people as unproven allegations are routinely released in background checks.

www.thestar.com

 

[escortsxxx]

Yes, I recall an article in the Star about this. Can't remember if this was it.

420,000 in police database never convicted: Analysis

National database includes hundreds of thousands of innocent people as unproven allegations are routinely released in background checks.

www.thestar.com

Thanks for the link

 

[black booty lover]

If your nephew is sure that he was never charged, fingerprinted and never went to court yet he has a criminal record, then he should perhaps get professional legal advice.

Nooooo hollllly fuck....man....lol.



He doesn't need a lawyer for fuck sakes...jesus christ.....

 

[xix]

So
spankingman

the OP anything happen yet? Did he seek counsel if so what they say?