Child protection rules that led two police officers to be banned from babysitting for each other because they had not submitted to criminal records checks will be formally scrapped.
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Telegraph on 18th Mar 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Over 1,000 serving police officers have criminal records, according to new figures reveals today.
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PoliticsCoUk on 11th Mar 2009 (via politics.co.uk)
Freedom of information figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats show that more than 1,000 serving police officers have a criminal record.
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ePolitix on 11th Mar 2009 (via rss.feedsportal.com)
Serving officers convicted of assault, burglary and dishonesty, according to data obtained under freedom of information law More than 1,000 serving police have criminal convictions ranging from assault to burglary, according to figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. The data, obtained by the Liberal Democrats, showed 1,063 officers with criminal records, including 59 for assault, 3...
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Guardian on 11th Mar 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
AT LEAST 170 serving police officers in Scotland have criminal records and many of them picked up their convictions while on duty, figures reveal.
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Scotsman on 12th Mar 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)
Five police forces have been ordered to delete old criminal convictions from the Police National Computer. In dismissing appeals by Humberside, Northumbria, Staffordshire, Greater Manchester and West Midlands Police, the Information Tribunal has upheld the view of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) that the retention of the old convictions data is in breach of the Data Protection Act.
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PublicTechnology on 24th Jul 2008 (via publictechnology.net)
On 16 September 2008, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) adopted an opinion on a proposal for a Council Decision on the establishment of an electronic European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS). The Decision is part of a package designed to help EU Member States to share the criminal records of their citizens and exchange information on past criminal convictions.
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PublicTechnology on 22nd Sep 2008 (via publictechnology.net)
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The number of people forced to undergo vetting by the Criminal Records Bureau has doubled in the last five years to nearly 3 million.
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Telegraph on 11th Aug 2008 (via telegraph.co.uk)
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HM Revenue and Customs has been strongly criticised over the loss of 25m child benefit records by an official inquiry which undermines Gordon Brown's explanation of the scandal.
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Telegraph on 26th Jun 2008 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Thousands of burglars with long criminal records are walking free from court every year, new figures have revealed.
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Telegraph on 7th Nov 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Chris HuhneConservative plans to scrap criminal record checks on EU citizens living in this country would put British citizens at risk, according to research by the Liberal Democrats. Conservative MEPs voted against the establishment of the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS), which standardises the format of criminal records in Europe and allows them to be exchanged quickly betwe...
