CIVIL FINGERPRINT SCREENING SERVICES
Civil Fingerprint Screening Services (CFSS) provides
fingerprint-based criminal record searches for non-criminal
purposes . Searches are performed against the central repository of
Canadian criminal records held by the RCMP, and the results are certified'.
CFSS processes more than 15,000 criminal record searches
each month. The processing time is currently in excess of one
hundred and twenty (120) days from receipt of an application.
Note that processing time can vary due to incoming workloads.
CFSS is responsible for processing criminal record search
results only, and plays no role in the decision making process relating
to the purpose of an application.
In accordance with the Criminal
Records Act , applicants for paid or volunteer work with "vulnerable
persons" must commence the process for obtaining a criminal records
check at a local police service and not at a privately operating fingerprinting
firm.
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