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Fewer cab drivers face criminal counts
May 07, 2015 - The number of taxi drivers charged with criminal offences almost halved last year, but nearly 50 per cent of those facing allegations and convictions were allowed to keep driving a cab. Department of Transport figures show that the 51 taxi drivers charged last year was a 45 per cent decrease from the 93 cabbies who faced criminal charges in 2013 and represented 0.04 per cent of WA’s the nearly 11,000 licensed cabbies. But 24 of those charged with offences which included allegations relating to drugs, assault, damage and weapons were allowed to stay in their jobs as taxi drivers after the department decided not to suspend or cancel their taxi driver’s licences. Of the cab drivers no...
Foreign criminals data taken off police records
May 07, 2015 - Thousands of foreign criminals who have been convicted of offences outside England and Wales have had their DNA profiles and fingerprint details de...
Pakistan police to digitalize criminal records for centralized biometric database
May 06, 2015 - Pakistan’s Inspector General of Police (ICP) ordered the completion of the digitalization of criminal records at all police stations to ensur...
Nigerians with Criminal Records Likely to be Denied Visa
May 06, 2015 - Mogethi Monaisa, Consul-General, South African High Commission in Nigeria, on Monday said the commission sometimes denied issuance of its visas to...
New background-check requirement for high school referees
May 05, 2015 - In the coming months, nearly 8,000 high school referees will undergo criminal background checks to comply with a new statewide policy. ...
Straightline International -Your Puerto Rico Criminal Record Provider
May 03, 2015 - Use Straightline International in Puerto Rico for your background and pre-employment screening needs. Experiencing delays? Not with Straightlin...
Ganja Possession Cleared From Criminal Records In Jamaica
April 30, 2015 - Jamaican residents convicted of possessing or smoking small amounts of marijuana prior to October last year, will not have these convictions reflec...
Law Institute of Victoria says minor crimes should be wiped from records
April 29, 2015 - Less serious crimes should disappear from adults' criminal records a decade after they have been convicted, lawyers say. In all...
Forces rejecting recruits ‘due to parents’ criminal records
April 27, 2015 - The leader of Ukip in Northern Ireland has claimed that the army is rejecting some recruits based on their parents’ or grandparents’ cr...
Large number of court cases pending for more than 10 years
April 24, 2015 - Malta has one of the lowest number of judges per 100,000 inhabitants in the EU, and the Maltese courts are backed up to the hilt with pending cases...
Civil court can review Sarawak native court decisions, rules Court of Appeal
April 23, 2015 - A three-man bench chaired by Datuk Mohd Hishamudin Mohd Yunus, sitting with Datuk David Wong Dak Wah and Datuk Umi Kalthum Abdul Majid, unanimously...
TSA tightens rules for screening airport and airline workers
April 22, 2015 - The Transportation Security Administration is imposing more stringent regulations for screening airport and airline workers, four months after fede...
Bill would require criminal background checks for doctors who lived abroad
April 15, 2015 - Medical board opposes proposal, saying it would be costly and unfairly singles out physicians A bill that would require international criminal back...
We deny Nigerians with criminal records visas
April 14, 2015 - Lagos - Amb. Mogethi Monaisa, Consul-General, South African High Commission in Nigeria, on Monday said the commission sometimes denied issuance of...
TTC says it could take up to three years to implement random drug, alcohol testing
April 07, 2015 - More than three years after the TTC board approved random drug and alcohol testing for its employees, the program is on hold pending the outcome of...
Criminal record checks banned on foreign murderers and rapists who want to be minicab drivers
April 06, 2015 - Asylum seekers and refugees applying to be minicab drivers are exempt from criminal records checks, potentially allowing murderers and rapists to g...
FMCSA Adds data to pre-employment screening program for drivers
April 03, 2015 - The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced that its Pre-Employment Screening Program (PSP) now offers additional data on co-driver s...
York Regional Police offer background check applications online
April 01, 2015 - You will soon be able to request police background checks online. York Regional Police has just announced that as of April 1, citize...
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