If a present or former employer of a peace officer candidate within the past ten years refuses to or is unable to provide information, can the agency opt not to appoint the candidate?
A.Satisfactory documentation of the effort to verify past employment is discussed above. It is up to the agency to decide the impact of its inability to obtain meaningful (or any) information from a present or former employer, and POST’s compliance responsibilities do not extend to candidates whom the agency chooses not to appoint.
Related Questions
- If a peace officer candidate was previously fingerprinted by the department for a different classification of employment (e.g., C.S.O. or dispatcher), is it necessary for the department to fingerprint the individual again?
- Im interested in becoming a peace officer, but Ive had some minor scrapes with the law in the past. What kinds of criminal convictions would bar me from licensure?
- If a peace officer candidate took the POST test several years ago, does he or she need to retake it again?
