What is PIC?

A Police Information Check (PIC) is required when a person seeks employment or volunteering roles at settings that demand police information check. This check is considered enhanced police information check and electronic police information check as per the nature of this check too. This check involves information regarding convictions, suspended sentences, charges, warrants as well as other kinds of details from police record management systems and even provincial court records. You should not get this check if you seek to be employed or volunteer in the roles of trust or authority to vulnerable persons.

Police Information Check (PIC) happens in the following provinces of Canada.

• British Columbia 
• Alberta 
• Manitoba 
• Quebec 
• Nova Scotia 
• Prince Edward Island 
• New Brunswick
• Saskatchewan 
   

You may require PIC if you are in the position of: 

• Office worker
• Retail worker
• Factory/warehouse worker
• Hospitality (bars, hotels, restaurants)
• Truck driver
• Tenant for rental property
• Security guard
• Realtor/mortgage broker
• Attendant in a dog shelter/dog walker
   

For the Police Information Check (PIC) section, you will be required to submit a government  issued ID for photo identification and address history. You may be required to self declare any criminal history of where you are convicted. While submitting the necessary documents, make sure the documents are not blurry or tampered in any way.

Preparing PIC involves querying database(s) only after receiving written consent of the applicant. While preparing PIC, the following systems may be involved.

• Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC)
• Public Safety Portal (PSP)
• Justice Online Information Network (JOIN)
• Local Police Databases
   

The Police Information Check (PIC) will not be involving the information about record suspensions granted or provincial statutes based convictions, Youth Criminal Justice Act (YMCA) related information beyond viable disclosure period, traffic offenses, restraining orders based on Family Court, Special Interest Police (SIP) branch of CPIC, local police contact, witness, victim, complainant data, foreign law information and references with regards to contagious diseases, mental health contact based occurrences.

Police Information Check (PIC) can be done by local police stations and third party platforms. Using a trusted third party platform such as Globeia can smoothen the entire process of taking Police Information Check online.

Basically, Police Information Check (PIC) is utilized for the purpose of checking criminal records for those who are looking for employment or volunteering positions in agencies requiring PIC, and involving going through certain official databases. You may receive your results within a short span of a few days to a week. This check can be conducted via police services or trusted third party portals such as Globeia which makes the entire process quick and easy.