Anyone familiar with police vetting checks!

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One of my siblings has an offer from police to join as PC in September.

They have been required to submit detailed info on family and siblings etc for a police vetting check which they have done.

Everything is clean as far as we are aware but I am aware that our estranged mother went to prison when my sibling was 10 years old for fraud and I was 16. We were living apart at this time and there’s no reason any of my younger siblings would have known. (my sibling is now 34) They were out in a year. None of us know the specific conviction.

My sibling was estranged and was not aware of this at the time they did the vetting form. On the vetting form they had to declare what they knew about the family convictions but didn’t declare this as they were not aware.

Is this likely to pose an issue? Should the actions of an estranged parent affect their employment?

The key with vetting is to be absolutely transparent & declare everything.
Estranged family shouldn't be an issue as long as the applicant has disclosed everything they know & relationship status.

Apologies just re read post.
I'd contact police vetting and declare the update then it won't be an issue.

I expect they’ll be fine.

I had a position with a higher level of vetting than a PC and my partner at the time’s dad was in prison for rape. I disclosed it, they rang and had a few questions but I have never met him and had no intention of meeting him so it wasn’t an issue.

Could they update the information? I have no idea if they could, or how, but maybe contact the vetting department/people.

Thanks- even if we don’t know the conviction or really know dates (it’s all very vague and hazy for all of us) would it be best to just to tell them what we do know?