The Association of Chiefs of Police have come together to create guidelines to make police record checks consistent across Ontario. The Waterloo Regional Police Service is implementing these changes starting on December 5, 2011.
The WRPS will offer three levels of checks (from least to most detailed):
1. Police Criminal Record Check
For people who do not work or volunteer with the vulnerable sector, it includes:
- National (CPIC) and Local (summary) convictions
Does not include:
- Anything else including outstanding charges and warrants
Where: Headquarters, 200 Maple Grove Rd.
Cost: $30, $10 for volunteers with a letter
Time: On the spot if clear, otherwise 3 weeks
Hours: Monday – Friday, 7:30am – 7:00pm
2. Police Information Check
Includes:
- Charges and warrants when authorized by the contributing police agency
- Criminal convictions (summary and indictable) from CPIC and/or local databases
- Absolute and conditional discharges
- Family court restraining orders
- Non-conviction dispositions
- Police contacts for previous five years
Where: Any WRPS location
Cost: $25, $10 for volunteers with a letter
Time: 3 weeks
3. Police Vulnerable Sector Check
For people who work or volunteer with the vulnerable sector, it includes:
- All previously listed
- Police contacts, including theft, weapons, sex offences, or violent, harmful, or threatening behavior which may or may not have involved a mental health incident for past five years
- All pardoned criminal convictions, including non-sex offences, identified as a result of a Vulnerable Sector Verification search when authorized for release by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Where: Any WRPS location
Cost: $25, $10 for volunteers with a letter
Time: 3 weeks
Please note: The WRPS will only process record checks of residents of Waterloo Region.
Fingerprinting
Fingerprinting is required when the person has:
- Same date of birth and gender as someone on the Pardoned Sex Offender list, and/or
- A criminal record
Other details:
- No fingerprint fee for volunteers
- RCMP charges $25 for non-volunteers