Police force reveals there is no way to check an EU national's criminal record

Posing as an employer tendering for a local authority contract we contacted a Police force (who shall currently remain nameless) to see if we could have potential staff CIB checked

Their Criminal Justice Department Central Information Bureau carries out:

Vetting - carries out computer checks on a variety of potential employees on behalf of the Criminal Records Bureau.

After a long period on hold they came back and said that they had no way of accessing the data of any EU national outside the UK ..." Do you mean Scotland?" was one of their questions. They did suggest that any EU national seeking employment should bring his own ... well that's alright then. Job sorted.

If ACPO's 4 man team is working round the clock trying to trace those Britons convicted abroad what chance do they have of checking the records of those 665,000+ who have arrived here since May 1st 2004 ... by contacting the other 26 Member States in 13+ different laguages with different criminal categories.

They would require the release details of ALL prisoners and then have to marry them up with National Insurance numbers given out to those registered for work, then check back with their country of origin for address and family details and then contact the local Police force who may have further intelligence on background and known associates ... AND details of if and when they entered the country from passenger manifests.

...But no-one keeps a record of who comes in and when they leave.

Self-employed not registered and no NI Number?

The fools that govern must be challenged and questioned ... and held fully responsible and accountable.

This is the end game for our relationship with the EU ... question is how do you ever get the milk out of the coffee?

The catalyst will be an event BUT ... John Reid ... you know and you are avoiding the question. Let us hope that some of the press are ready to start asking the difficult questions.