Originally Posted by
MoMoney
Hey everyone,
I have no worries about being rejected, but the longer I've been waiting the more I'm wondering about how incidents outside of charges show up in their background checks, or if they do at all? And if they do, what threshold hits a "red flag" where it goes to someone else or results in a delay?
Do only charges show up?
Do arrests show up if nothing ever made it to court? If so, do they generally care or do they figure if you weren't charged it's not a worry?
About 4.5 years ago I was arrested. I think I had a pocket knife on me, and there was a replica paperweight brass knuckles in my car that they had taken (was sold at pawn shops at the time as paper weights, was a cool novelty.. lol). No charges ever came from it as it was essentially a misunderstanding, but I did spend the night in jail and had some paperwork drawn up for me for some initial court date. The day after that I got a call that they weren't pursuing anything and that court was cancelled. Never heard of it again.
3 years ago I asked one of the RCMP involved (yup, unfortunately it was RCMP and not city or provincial police) if I had a record or anything on there. He said nothing at all, there was never a charge but that if an officer searched my name, something would show up in general about the incident.
So long story short, would any of that even show up if I wasn't charged? I told my course instructor about the whole incident in a bit more detail and he said he didn't believe any of it would even show up, let alone be an issue. But I've learned over time the guy was misinformed about a lot of things, so now I'm curious if it would show up.
I know it wouldn't be enough for them to reject my application (I think anyway?) but would it be enough to get flagged? Or will only a real charge or court appearance do that?
Thanks everyone!