Vetting Check To Join A Recovery Vehicle Company.

[Chez91]

Top and bottom, my boyfriend has had to complete a 'vetting' check in order to work for a recovery company who work close with local police. He failed this :(
He hasn't had anything major on his record, especially in the last 4 years. He made the company aware of all these, and they were confident these wouldnt affect him.
However his dad has. His dad is currently under investigation but has yet to be charged with anything (cannot go into detail) but it is quite serious and he is definitely going to be charged. Will this affect my fella's result ?

[Maydup]

Its a simple although unfortunate case of the interviewer suggesting his record should not affect his chances when it has.

I doubt there is anything that can be done about it except to tell the company in the hope they don't give others false hope in the future.

[themas]

He can try a Data Protection Act request to the police but I would not be surprised if he was told the data is exempt from being released. He could start by ringing the Information Commissioner's office (see link in earlier post) to find out what the position is about police data.