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Information From The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) About CPICIs a CPIC check a Criminal Record check? No, CPIC is a system that transmits requests by authorized law enforcement agencies to several data banks primarily for law enforcement purposes. One of those data banks is the Criminal Records Information Management Services (CRIMS). CRIMS updates and maintains more than 600,000 criminal records annually and populates criminal record information to the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) Identification Data Bank. A criminal record file consists of an individual's criminal charges and their dispositions, including convictions and discharges that are supported by fingerprint information. What many consider to be a "CPIC check" (or to others a "background check") is a query of the Identification Data Bank by a police agency using a person's name and date of birth. While there may be a match to a criminal record within the data bank that may point to a possible criminal record, it does not mean that the person subject to the check is the subject of that criminal record. This can only be positively confirmed with the submission of fingerprints. In addition, this type of check omits checks of other data banks that could provide valuable screening information (see question on local indices). A criminal record begins with a person being charged with a crime. In most cases, when a person is charged with a crime, their fingerprints are taken at that time and submitted to CCRTIS for classification and entry into the system. Once the court proceedings are over, the results of these proceedings (eg. sentencing, discharge or acquittal) are entered onto the fingerprint form and the record is submitted for updating. It should be noted that fingerprints may not be taken in all instances as not all criminal offences fall into a category for which police have authorization to obtain fingerprints. For summary procedure offences, such as causing a disturbance, police are not permitted to obtain fingerprints as per the Identification of Criminals Act. Offences that fall under provincial legislation would also not appear on a Criminal Record. A local police indices check is the only means to determine whether these records exist. A Local Indices Check is a review of local police files and occurrence reports in the area where the individual resides that could provide supporting or additional information that would be in addition to the criminal record check. |
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