Applying for Gardai with previous conviction?

alan767

A friend of mine wishes to apply to join the Gardai and I personally feel that he is definately suited to the position. He does however have an old conviction from years back for possession of cannabis from his errant uni days.

Is he therefore wasting both his and police time??


Thanks in advance.

seamus

Is it an actual conviction or a warning/fine?

johnnyskeleton

alan767 wrote: »

A friend of mine wishes to apply to join the Gardai and I personally feel that he is definately suited to the position. He does however have an old conviction from years back for possession of cannabis from his errant uni days.

Is he therefore wasting both his and police time??


Thanks in advance.

I firmly believe that there is no such thing as wasting police time. I've no idea how they would look at his previous conviction though.

Tom Young

alan767 wrote: »

A friend of mine wishes to apply to join the Gardai and I personally feel that he is definately suited to the position. He does however have an old conviction from years back for possession of cannabis from his errant uni days.

Is he therefore wasting both his and police time??


Thanks in advance.

The conviction might stand depending on the status of the place the conviction was stored e.g., pulse etc. If its that old then the matter is likely to pass. My understanding is that in the interview process the Gardai flush out many of these issues and it would be folly to expect that this shouldn't not arise.

Tom

PS: I agree with Johnny.

alan767

seamus wrote: »

Is it an actual conviction or a warning/fine?

Cheers for the input gents.

I've just spoken with him and it was a fine apparently..

DublinWriter

alan767 wrote: »

Is he therefore wasting both his and police time??

Yes. If he was convicted and fined for possession of cannabis then he will fail the initial vetting process.

alan767

Thats what I suspected. Thanks again folks.

alan767

seamus wrote: »

Is it an actual conviction or a warning/fine?

Is there a difference?

He's not certain tbh

hullaballoo

If he was fined, he was convicted.

If he's honest about it in the initial process, they might overlook it, but it just comes down to luck really.

big syke

if you do not get a fine is it definitly not a conviction???

johnnyskeleton

big syke wrote: »

if you do not get a fine is it definitly not a conviction???

No. You can be convicted and imprisoned, convicted and given a suspended sentence, or you can be convicted and simply not punished (but that is very rare).

You can also be bound to the peace, and depending on how it's done, you might or might not have a conviction as a result.

big syke

ah i see.. and is it communicated it to you if you get a conviction?

johnnyskeleton

big syke wrote: »

ah i see.. and is it communicated it to you if you get a conviction?

Yes, usually a somber man or woman in a silly costume sitting on a high chair tells you all about it.