Would the police revoke a DBS without reasonable evidence?

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Ex-colleague ( Careworker ) has had their DBS revoked by the police. There's no way they can be innocent if the police have revoked it, can they?

It's possible.

Ian Huntley got away with things because there had never been a successful prosecution. I'm not sure exactly what evidence is used for DBS but it clearly it doesn't have to be proven guilty any more.

Certain warnings or cautions do now count, at least for enhanced DBS. Whether it can be revoked just on suspicion I am not sure.

Ex-colleague accused of stealing from clients and the police revoked the DBS. Surely they would have to have sufficient proof to revoke it? I guess it's made me question my own judgement. If you'd have asked me whether ex-colleague would ever do this, I'd have said absolutely not!

DBS isn’t a pass or fail. It’s a list of convictions and the employer then decides if it is safe to employ someone based on what is disclosed.

I'm not sure you have the full story here. I don't think this is how DBS works (but happy to be corrected).

There's no such thing as revoked.

What could have happened is that the police added information to a dbs registered with the update service. This could be a conviction or other relevant information. When a new employer runs a check, it says there is new information since the past dbs and they should request a new check.

I know they can not work with the elderly/vulnerable anymore. I don't have the full story, I'm sure. I know the police are investigating but no idea if it will go to court.

@bookgirl1982 thank you! That makes more sense. So if the police have added information then it's highly likely they think the person is guilty of stealing then?