Police Caution - Tell employer??

TheEffect

I work in a school. Anyone who works with children will have to have regular CRB enhanced checks which will show your caution. You can tell them now, or they will find out in a year or two when they CRB you again.

yellowduck_2

TheEffect wrote: »

I work in a school. Anyone who works with children will have to have regular CRB enhanced checks which will show your caution. You can tell them now, or they will find out in a year or two when they CRB you again.

I work in the NHS and we get checked regularly, so I totally agree with informing your employer as it will be discovered eventually, also they will appreciate honesty. Glad it all worked out for the OP

superscaper

joanne_d wrote: »

i asked the officer would it show up on a check as i too work around children and i was assured that although the caution is put on file , it isnt accessable for employers etc to see. I was told it was only held on a record in my local station and then if nothing else happened in a specific amount of time then it would fall off my record.

I think you were mislead then. Maybe it depends on the employer but someone I know was having an upgrade to their security clearance at work and in their security interview were basically confronted with their spouse's caution which they said they got from doing a complete PNC search. And it was only a caution not a conviction, so it must be put on the PNC and I guess some employers do have full access to that.

anamenottaken

superscaper wrote: »

I. And it was only a caution not a conviction, .

But a caution is like a conviction where the wrong-doer pleads guilty. You don't have to accept a caution but, if you do, you are admitting that you did whatever it was that the caution was for.

superscaper

anamenottaken wrote: »

But a caution is like a conviction where the wrong-doer pleads guilty. You don't have to accept a caution but, if you do, you are admitting that you did whatever it was that the caution was for.

I was just emphasising it was definitely not a conviction. As in many circumstances you are required to report any convictions you have, but not cautions. And just to point out that accepting a caution is not the same thing as "pleading guilty". Yes it's an admittance of wrong doing but they're two quite distinct legal meanings. I wasn't trying to imply that a caution meant nothing, only that it isn't a conviction and is treated to be lesser than one.