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Michael ROBERTS · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 13 Feb 2023•Inner North London

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Concerns raised1

  1. Failure of DBS certificates to accurately record relevant convictions
    Part of recurring concern: Unreliable criminal-conviction vetting for safety-sensitive roles
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Failure of DBS certificates to accurately record relevant convictions

Wider context from the report

“Before he was employed as a proof assistant testing new guns, Mr Roberts’ prospective employer asked for a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) certificate. This was provided and recorded no convictions, cautions, reprimands or warnings. However, Mr Roberts had in the past been convicted of a violent offence for which he had received a custodial sentence. This was the reason for his dismissal from his former occupation as a police officer in the MPS (Metropolitan Police Service). If Mr Roberts’ DBS certificate had correctly recorded his conviction, he would not have been employed at Proof House where he had access to firearms. It is unclear to me whether the inaccuracy of the DBS certificate was caused by an error made by the DBS or by the MPS. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Unreliable criminal-conviction vetting for safety-sensitive roles.

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