If you are arrested......?

Bardic

You only gain a criminal record through being convicted in court or formally cautioned over an offence. A formal caution is where you admit guilt but the police decide that it's not worth taking you to court; instead you're formally warned about your behaviour by a senior officer. Later, and when sober.
Your friend will have no problem. All he got was a nice rest in the cells, probably a bollocking from the sergeant and a hangover.

Scouse

He does not have a criminal record

Don't you worry - he's all clear.
All the best!

colin050659

Sorry but the DNA test they take will last forever!

Steve J

Hi there.
Your friend did not receive an official caution nor a sentence, so he is fine in what he has said.
There will be a record, everybody who passes through a station like this is recorded, but that will not affect his application.
Cheers, Steve.

Byte

He shouldnt have a criminal record , however this is easily checkable . He would need to fill in form at any police station and pay a small fee they will then send him any details relating to Criminal record.

Ring of Uranus

If he wasn't convicted or recieved a caution at a later date (when he was sober) he has no record.

vampini

If he was just let go then this shouldn't be a problem at all....he would know if he had been cautioned as they would have had to officially inform him when they released him!,

Lucky Man.

If your pal was never charged it would be against the law for anyone to hold this against him.

fiatbravogirl

i would say as he never got charged with anything then i dont see why it would be on his record.i personally think he shouldnt worry, hope i helped.

chrissie

I don't think this will cause any problems for him but I suggest that he be 100% honest about what happened. I know he didn't put it on his form but as he can't remember exactly what went on that night and has no memory of a caution I think they'll be sympathetic. If he doesn't come clean he'll always have that worry in the back of his mind. Also it would leave him vunerable, what if by coincidence he has to arrest someone who knows about his little scrape with the law? They could use this against him. It's better coming from him.
I wish him luck and am sure he'll be fine.

halsca

If no charges were filed all that will show up on his record was that he was detained. Since it happened when your friend was still a minor chances are it won't show up at all.

Lisa

If it happened before you were 18, then the record is sealed. But if you were over 18 and got arrested for something but later acquited, there would still be a record of the arrest. You would have to get it expunged so that it wouldn't show up on a background check. But none of this applies to your situation because you said you (or your friend) were younger than 18 at the time anyways.

This is the way it works in America. It might be slightly different in Britain though.

Charlie Fingers

I'm not totally familiar with UK procedure for arrests and records. He may need to just have someone at the local station check his record and see if anything pops up

Bertie

Ditto, or something like that. Nothing serious.
He will have been 'cautioned' (you do not have to say anything... etc) but not 'received a caution' (you have been found guilty, don't do it again) or a conviction.

I will give my opinion, but stating fact first.
I did not disclose it initially (not hiding it, I knew they could check, but it's not 'technically' a conviction or caution) and I received a letter back alluding to 'an incident' I gave a full and honest account immediately and passed the paper sift.
Been in for a bit now and it's the best job in the world.

I am filling the gaps in, the Police can and will check all records, convicted or not, they are held on file and easily accessed.
I know the question by them is badly worded and his situation does not fall into the category of convicted/cautioned but if all is as said I would suggest he disclose it and at least be able to give his side straight away.

Congratulations to him.

mlud12000

It will make no difference, if he wasn't a crook before he joined he will be once hes in.

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