The following occurred in NSW and I would appreciate any feedback.
In 2010 I was accused of assault, and despite there being evidence that contradicted the allegations, the police arrested me anyway. They processed me (fingerprints, photo etc), charged me and took out a temporary AVO preventing me contacting the person until the matter was heard.
The charge to was dismissed or dropped at the very first hearing. I cannot remember if the Police immediately withdrew, or whether the Magistrate directed that the charges be dismissed. All I recall is that the hearing was over in about a minute and the whole thing cost me about $7k in legal representation.
Now I find myself in a farming occupation and require a firearms licence. Reading up on the requirements, I am unsure whether that temporary AVO will mean that I am unable to obtain a licence, even though they dropped the charges. So my questions are
1. Do Police purge their system (scrub records) in cases where charges were dropped?
2. If no, is there any way to get the police record expunged?
3. Will a temporary AVO brought by police for a matter that was dismissed affect my application for a firearms licence?
I have never been charged with anything before or after, and it does not sit well with me that Police have my photo, fingerprints, and an AVO on file when they dropped the charges.
In 2010 I was accused of assault, and despite there being evidence that contradicted the allegations, the police arrested me anyway. They processed me (fingerprints, photo etc), charged me and took out a temporary AVO preventing me contacting the person until the matter was heard.
The charge to was dismissed or dropped at the very first hearing. I cannot remember if the Police immediately withdrew, or whether the Magistrate directed that the charges be dismissed. All I recall is that the hearing was over in about a minute and the whole thing cost me about $7k in legal representation.
Now I find myself in a farming occupation and require a firearms licence. Reading up on the requirements, I am unsure whether that temporary AVO will mean that I am unable to obtain a licence, even though they dropped the charges. So my questions are
1. Do Police purge their system (scrub records) in cases where charges were dropped?
2. If no, is there any way to get the police record expunged?
3. Will a temporary AVO brought by police for a matter that was dismissed affect my application for a firearms licence?
I have never been charged with anything before or after, and it does not sit well with me that Police have my photo, fingerprints, and an AVO on file when they dropped the charges.