Police_Hopeful
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? CONNECTICUT
I AM ABOUT TO APPLY TO BECOME A CITY POLICE OFFICER AND I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS I HAVE BEEN LOOKING INTO. FIRST I GOT ARRESTED LIKE THREE TIMES ALL BEFORE I WAS 17 IN NY. I KNOW THAT THOSE GOT EXPUNGED BECAUSE I ENTERED THE NAVY AND ALSO ACQUIRED A SECRET CLEARANCE IN THE PROCESS. NOW I KNOW THEY DIDN'T COME UP WITH ANYTHING IN THEIR BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION, WILL IT BE SAFE TO SAY I NEVER WAS ARRESTED?
SECOND QUESTION: I'VE READ THAT IN SOME STATES YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFED IF YOU EVER SOLD DRUGS, NOW I DID SELL BUT I WAS LIKE 15/16 AND NOW I'M 25 GOING ON 26...WILL THAT STILL BE HELD AGAINST ME IF I DISCLOSE IT?
PLEASE I APPRECIATE ANYONES OPINION BUT I WOULD LIKE ANSWERS THAT ARE FACTUAL AND THAT I CAN LOOK INTO FURTHER..THANKS
I AM ABOUT TO APPLY TO BECOME A CITY POLICE OFFICER AND I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS I HAVE BEEN LOOKING INTO. FIRST I GOT ARRESTED LIKE THREE TIMES ALL BEFORE I WAS 17 IN NY. I KNOW THAT THOSE GOT EXPUNGED BECAUSE I ENTERED THE NAVY AND ALSO ACQUIRED A SECRET CLEARANCE IN THE PROCESS. NOW I KNOW THEY DIDN'T COME UP WITH ANYTHING IN THEIR BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION, WILL IT BE SAFE TO SAY I NEVER WAS ARRESTED?
SECOND QUESTION: I'VE READ THAT IN SOME STATES YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFED IF YOU EVER SOLD DRUGS, NOW I DID SELL BUT I WAS LIKE 15/16 AND NOW I'M 25 GOING ON 26...WILL THAT STILL BE HELD AGAINST ME IF I DISCLOSE IT?
PLEASE I APPRECIATE ANYONES OPINION BUT I WOULD LIKE ANSWERS THAT ARE FACTUAL AND THAT I CAN LOOK INTO FURTHER..THANKS
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