What impact does a Police Warning (Shoplifting) have on you in the Future: Ontario, Canada??

Question

Heyyy, my boyfriendsss best friend (He's 16 years old) and was just got caught stealing at store.

Information was taken like, where he lived and stuffz

and his picture was taken by the mall security! so now he cant enter that mall and that store for a year!

So anywayzz,

The Secutirty gaurd called the Police, and the police officer gave him a police warning. His record was clean and this was his FIRST offence.

Now hes scareddd that employers will find out through background checks and universities wont take him in.

hes also scared that if hes caught drinking heil get arrested too. (Was never caugt underage drinking)

Could anyone please describe and elaborate on what the police warning is and how it is going to affect my friends' future

BTW the police officer said sumn like how although he is over the youth offenders, he could have been charged like an adult, he was given a chance and a police warning instead.

Answer 1

I'd love to answer your question but you type like a r****d.  

Answer 2

The police warning under the Youth Criminal Justice Act or similar such legislation is just that, a warning.  It does not go on the criminal record, it is simply documented in police files.  It is a formal/legal warning and is part of the stepped process in youth criminal matters.  It moves your boyfriend one step closer to being charged if he commits ANY additional criminal offences as a youth.

When an employer or university checks a person's criminal history, they are only checking the criminal record, and as such, this interaction will not have any impact on him.

In future dealings with POLICE, this incident WILL be factored in, and as such, the police may escalate him beyond just a warning and actually charge him, so it would be in his best interest to avoid commiting any futher offences.

As for being arrested if he is caught drinking, that is another matter, as he would be drinking under age and it would depend on the circumstances.  Again, with him receiving a formal police warning, I wouldn't suggest he drink until he is 19 (legal drinking age in Ontario).