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Could somebody with a 10 year old DUI conviction get a job as a cop or nah?

Posted on 10/27/17 at 12:53 pm
Posted by LSUTigersVCURams
Member since Jul 2014
21940 posts
Posted on 10/27/17 at 12:53 pm
I have heard a DUI in a lifetime is an immediate disqualifier to become a cop, but I kind of find that hard to believe if enough time has passed.
Posted by 225bred
COYS
Member since Jun 2011
20897 posts
Posted on 10/27/17 at 12:55 pm to
Give up, baw. You're never gonna join the force.
Posted by StarkRebel
Member since Sep 2014
2176 posts
Posted on 10/27/17 at 12:55 pm to
lol Sorry about not getting accepted into police academy
Posted by FieldMink
Fort Worth
Member since Jul 2017
797 posts
Posted on 10/27/17 at 12:55 pm to
Yeah, its possible. I asked my friend who is a cop about that. He told me you'd have to wait a few years, get everything taken care of (which by now im hoping you have), go through the screening and all that.
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
82796 posts
Posted on 10/27/17 at 12:55 pm to
I’d say...check the website of the agency
Posted by DCD601
Member since Apr 2017
18 posts
Posted on 10/27/17 at 1:18 pm to
Its all about putting time between the arrest and the interview. Speaking for LE in Illinois, a DUI 10 years ago would not automatically disqualify you.
Posted by Major Dutch Schaefer
Location: Classified
Member since Nov 2011
37964 posts
Posted on 10/27/17 at 1:21 pm to
Given some of the people NOPD has hired, I can't see how that DUI would be a disqualifier for them.
Posted by AA77
Member since Jan 2016
3830 posts
Posted on 10/27/17 at 1:27 pm to
I know a guy who had a DUI and became a cop, he waited a few years and he had some pretty solid family connections with his department.
Posted by DCD601
Member since Apr 2017
18 posts
Posted on 10/27/17 at 1:31 pm to
The biggest thing that disqualifies people is drug use, and I mean recent drug use. This includes "study aids" a lot of college kids use without a prescription such as Adderall and similar medications.
Posted by ClientNumber9
Member since Feb 2009
9913 posts
Posted on 10/27/17 at 1:32 pm to
I got hired and I killed a man during my interview.


No, for real, it depends on the agency. I'm on the federal side and it's pretty tough, even with the years gone by, but I've seen it on the state/local side.
Posted by DCD601
Member since Apr 2017
18 posts
Posted on 10/27/17 at 1:35 pm to
Hate to break it to you but even an expunged arrest can be found in a thorough background investigation. Your best bet is give it time and then be completely honest about what happened. Use it as a way to show how much you have matured and learned from it.
Posted by lsuwontonwrap
Member since Aug 2012
34147 posts
Posted on 10/27/17 at 1:35 pm to
Is it NOPD because I know of someone who just joined and he got a DUI a few years back. I don't think they care as long as you've gotten your shite straight. Now if you want to travel to Canada, that's a different kettle of fish. You pretty much have to promise them your first born.
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
58765 posts
Posted on 10/27/17 at 1:38 pm to
Like an arrest for it or showing up on a drug test? Amphetamines have a half life of like 2 days
Posted by GaryMyMan
Shreveport
Member since May 2007
13499 posts
Posted on 10/27/17 at 1:39 pm to
Why hasn't it been expunged? Like anything else with the government, they're not exactly aces at background checks.
This post was edited on 10/27/17 at 1:40 pm
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
82796 posts
Posted on 10/27/17 at 1:39 pm to
quote:

got hired and I killed a man during my interview.

quote:

No, for real, it depends on the agency. I

Oh shite, for a second I believed you! Thx for clearing that up.
Posted by rd280z
Richmond
Member since Jan 2007
2465 posts
Posted on 10/27/17 at 1:40 pm to
You would have to have some inside help with that one.
Posted by DCD601
Member since Apr 2017
18 posts
Posted on 10/27/17 at 1:43 pm to
No more like denying all drug use then flunking the polygraph on the drug question. Truth is we expect that people will have some drug use in their background. It's really how long ago, how many times and what kind of drugs.
Posted by Sidicous
NELA
Member since Aug 2015
19296 posts
Posted on 10/27/17 at 2:10 pm to
quote:

I got hired and I killed a man during my interview.


Colon Kapernik and the other kneelers would consider that a job qualifier, except they couldn't spell qualifier, or articulate it properly.
Posted by jefforize
Member since Feb 2008
45588 posts
Posted on 10/27/17 at 2:12 pm to
a fricking polygraph test to become a cop?
Posted by JETigER
LSU 2011 National Champions
Member since Dec 2003
7081 posts
Posted on 10/27/17 at 2:13 pm to
You don’t even diversion bro?

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