Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 12/15/00 2:37 PM, Johnny Deadman <john@pinkheadedbug.com> wrote: : > Subject: Re: [Leica] Busted with my M2... > The question 'have you ever been arrested' is a key one for many > agencies because if you say YES a whole set of procedures start rolling, > even if you were arrested entirely illegally, never charged with anything, > and sued the cops for millions. This is a threat rather like negative > feedback on eBay. Fortunately, in the US, the question has to be "have you ever been CONVICTED." Arrests do show up on FBI fingerprint checks, but, at least in the law enforcement agency where I work as Personnel Director they don't carry much weight if the disposition is favorable. AFAIK this is virtually universal. - -- Bob Marvin