If school teachers, school bus drivers, police officers, prison officers, doctors, nurses, traffic wardens, taxi drivers, community volunteers and many thousands of other public service professionals are required to have criminal checks (DBS checks) then why not our locally elected representatives?
Not only is it important for safeguarding of Children and vulnerable adults, but also important for checking of history for fraud or financial irregularity.
To ensure a safer community we need to make sure that those, elected to represent us in an 'excepted' position are required to have these checks.
Please sign our petition to make it happen. #introduceDBSchecks