Police Criminal Record and Judicial Matters Check (PCRJMC)
This check is intended for applicants who are seeking volunteer and/or employment with agencies who require a police criminal record check along with local police involvement, and other systems/records where authorized.This check is NOT intended for applicants who are seeking volunteer and/or employment with vulnerable persons.
Persons requiring records checks for the purposes of Adoption are to use the Police Criminal Record & Judicial Matters Check. Persons requiring records checks for the purposes of Kinship are to use the Police Vulnerable Sector Check.
The Police Criminal Record and Judicial Matters Check (PCRJMC) will include the following information:
- Criminal convictions from CPIC and/or local databases
- Summary convictions, for five years, when identified
- Findings of Guilt under the Youth Criminal Justice Act within the applicable disclosure period
- Outstanding entries, such as charges and warrants, judicial orders, Peace Bonds, Probation and Prohibition Orders. As per CPIC policy, information obtained from the Investigative Databank must be confirmed and authorized for release by the contributing agency
- Absolute and conditional discharges for 1 or 3 years respectively
The Police Criminal Record and Judicial Matters Check (PCRJMC) WILL NOT include:
- Convictions where a record suspension (pardon) has been granted
- Convictions under provincial statutes (i.e. Highway Traffic Act, Trespass to Property Act, Liquor Licence Act)
- Local police contact
- Ministry of Transportation information (PARIS)
- Special Interest Police (SIP) category of CPIC
- Family Court restraining orders
- Foreign information
- A Vulnerable Sector (VS) Query to ascertain if the applicant has been convicted of and granted a record suspension for any of the sexual offences that are listed in the schedule to the Criminal Records Act (CRA)
- Any reference to incidents involving mental health contact
- Diversions will not be released as police contact and no reference to the occurrence is permitted (CC S. 717.4)
- Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) information beyond applicable disclosure period
- Any reference to contagious diseases
- Dispositions including, but not limited to, Withdrawn, Dismissed, and cases of Not Criminally Responsible by Reason of Mental Disorder