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If you were arrested, fingerprinted, and charged with an offence by Transit Police, which resulted in a non-conviction finding in court (see list below), you can request the identification documents relating to your criminal record history be destroyed.
There are varying waiting periods that must expire before the destruction process can begin:
Stay of Proceedings – one year
Withdrawn – three months
Dismissed/not guilty – three months
Acquitted – three months
CONVICTIONS:
PLEASE NOTE: If you have been convicted of an offence anywhere in Canada, you will be required to apply for a record suspension. You may obtain a Record Suspension Application Guide by calling the Parole Board of Canada (PBC) at 1-800-874-2652 or by downloading the forms from the PBC’s website. The forms may also be available at any police agency or local public library.
Each request is looked at on a case by case basis and can take up to nine months. If your request is approved our agency will initiate the process with RCMP identification Service of Canada to request for the destruction of your information in the national records.
Once RCMP Ottawa has complied with our request we will send you a letter confirming that your requested record(s) have been destroyed.
Should your request not be granted, the processing fee will be returned to the requestor with a letter advising of the denial of the request.
Please note: If you have non-convictions from other police agencies, separate requests will have to be made with each agency.
There is no legislation in place that requires a police agency to destroy lawfully obtained identification documents.
This process will include:
All identification documents gathered upon arrest, such as your fingerprints and photograph
Fingerprint and photograph destruction requests does not remove the police file from Transit Police Records.
The information compiled as a result of the police incident(s) will remain in our local records management system, subject to retention schedule, wherein destruction or removal is not within our policy or guidelines. Information regarding the results of the court proceedings will remain in the court’s databases.
Please note that the incident and court information may be disclosed during a police record checks process.
If further information is required, please contact the Court Clerk at 604-515-8300.
Write a letter addressed to the Information Management Department accompanied by a money order, certified cheque, or lawyer’s cheque, in the amount of $68.25 payable to “TSML”.
The letter should include:
your full name (include the name you were arrested under if it is different now)
date of birth
current address
the offence you were charged with (to the best of your recollection)
the date of the offence (to the best of your recollection)
the Court disposition (to the best of your recollection)
The letter and processing fee can be mailed to:
Court Clerk
Transit Police
Suite 300 – 287 Nelson’s Court
New Westminster, BC, V3L 0E7
or dropped off at our front counter – Open Monday to Friday between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm.
A letter confirming receipt of your request and processing fee will be sent to you at the earliest opportunity, advising you that the procedure to close your local criminal record file and your file with the RCMP Identification Services of Canada has been initiated.
Once RCMP Ottawa has complied with our request, we will send you another letter confirming that Transit Police and the RCMP Central Repository in Ottawa have destroyed your criminal record file, fingerprints, and photograph, and that the information has been removed from the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) database.
Please be aware that the entire process from start to finish may take approximately 6-9 months.
If further information is required, please contact the Court Clerk on 604-515-8300 or via email at: TP_Courtclerk@transitpolice.bc.ca
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