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Local Police Records

Police Record Checks are part of the process to have your Canadian criminal record sealed.

Local Police Records

Pardon/Record Suspension Applications

The purpose of a Record Suspension (formerly known as a Pardon) is to have your Canadian criminal record sealed. There are many steps required to complete the process. For more information and an application please visit the National Parole Board or contact their helpline at 1-800-874-2652 or visit their website.

Please note: The Delta Police Department can assist you with Fingerprinting and Local Police Record Check.

Fingerprinting: The initial step is to obtain a list of your convictions by submitting your fingerprints. We provide this service ($100) at the North Delta and Ladner locations. Please call us at 604-946-4411 to schedule an appointment for the fingerprinting service.

Checks

Local Police Record Check: You will also need to obtain a Local Police Record check from the Police agency of the city in which you currently reside and from the Police agencies of any cities you have resided in during the past 5 years. If you currently reside in or have resided in Delta during the past 5 years and are applying for a Record Suspension, please attend our North Delta or Ladner office to drop off your Local Police Record Check application forms and bring the following:

  • $75 fee (payable by exact cash, Visa, cheque payable to “City of Delta,” Master Card or Debit)
  • 2 pieces of valid government issued ID, one with your photo
    • Acceptable IDs: Driver’s License, BCID, BC Services Card, Care Card, Nexus Card, SIN Card, Firearms License, First Nations Status Card, Passport
  • Application forms, downloadable at the Parole Board of Canada website
  • List of convictions which you will receive from Ottawa RCMP after submitting your fingerprints

Note: if you live outside of the Lower Mainland and cannot travel to one of our offices, but require a Local Police Record Check (if you have lived in Delta in the past 5 years), please submit the application, notarized identification copies, list of convictions and $75 certified cheque or money order to “City of Delta” at below address:

Delta Police Department
Attn: Public Information Services
4455 Clarence Taylor Cres
Delta, BC V4K 3E1
 

Destruction Requests

Local Police records may include fingerprints, photographs and disposition information. If you had been arrested and charged with an offence by the Delta Police Department which resulted in a non-conviction records an application may be made by submitting a request utilizing this form. 

There is no current legislation in place that requires a municipal police agency to destroy legally obtained records. Each request is viewed on a case-by-case basis and may be denied under the following circumstances:

•    Charge was as a young person under the YCJA
•    Charge resulted in a conviction
•    Charges are currently before the Courts
•    Waiting period has not expired for non-convictions
            - Acquitted, Dismissed or Not Guilty is 3 months
            - Stay of Proceedings and No Charged by Crown is 1 Year
            - Conditional and Absolute Discharges are automatically done when required

Complete form and email to Court Liaison : [email protected]

Delivery of form or mailed to:

Delta Police Department
4455 Clarence Taylor Crescent
Delta, BC  V4K 3E1
Attn: Court Liaison