Jul 16, 2026
Charges Dropped – What Happens to Your Police Record?
Charges Dropped – What Happens to Your Police Record? You were charged. Perhaps you attended court, perhaps the case collapsed before you got there. Either way, the prosecution ended without a trial and without a conviction. The letter or the…
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Found Not Guilty – Is It Still on Your Police Record?
Found Not Guilty – Is It Still on Your Police Record? A not guilty verdict feels like the end. The jury or the magistrates heard the case against you and rejected it. You walked out of court cleared, and you…
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Jul 9, 2026
How Local Police Records Feed Into Enhanced DBS Disclosure
The non-conviction information that appears on an Enhanced DBS certificate almost always comes from one place: the local records held by an individual police force. This is where allegations, arrests without charge, no further action matters, community resolutions and police…
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What Is Relevant Police Information on an Enhanced DBS Certificate?
When people think of a DBS check, they think of convictions and cautions. But on an Enhanced DBS certificate, there is a third category that sits alongside the criminal record section — and it is the category that can cause…
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What Are Local Police Records and How Can They Affect Your Career?
Most people think of police records as a list of convictions and cautions on a central national database. That is part of the picture — but only part. Every police force in England and Wales also holds its own records…
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Community Resolutions and Enhanced DBS Checks — What You Need to Know
A community resolution is one of the most misunderstood disposals in the criminal justice system. It is not a conviction. It is not a caution. Many people accept one without any legal advice, often at the suggestion of the police,…
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How to Challenge Information on an Enhanced DBS Certificate
If information has appeared on your Enhanced DBS certificate that you believe is unfair, inaccurate, or disproportionate, there are clear legal routes available to challenge it. The same applies if the police have notified you that they are proposing to…
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No Further Action (NFA) — Can It Still Appear on an Enhanced DBS Certificate?
If the police or the Crown Prosecution Service decided to take no further action against you, you would be forgiven for thinking the matter is closed. In criminal justice terms, it largely is. But in disclosure terms — and specifically…
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Can Allegations Show on an Enhanced DBS Certificate?
An allegation that was never proven, never charged, and never resulted in any criminal outcome can still appear on an Enhanced DBS certificate. For many professionals, this comes as a serious and unwelcome shock — particularly when the allegation was…
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