How do I get convictions removed from the Police National Computer?
Following the adjudication in The Five Chief Constables case, heard by the Court of Appeal in 2009, nationally the Police Service moved from a position of ‘weeding’ historical records, where the individual concerned had not re-offended after a given period of time, to one of retention. Records of arrest may be retained on PNC as they are a factual record, even if the arrest did not lead to further action. Chief Police Officers do have some discretion in some very exceptional circumstances to remove records.
