2006-12-10 17:12:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Speeding is considered a Traffic Offense, Not a criminal Offense. Although some civil servant agencies ask if youve ever had a speeding ticket, it wouldnt stop you from being a public servant. They would just want to see your driving record, should the job require you to drive a department vehicle, or you driving back and forth to work.
2006-12-10 18:03:09 · answer #1 · answered by hoosiernumber1daddy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be arrested doesn't mean anything other than you were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Being convicted in a court of law means something. Unless you intend to become a district attorney, run for office, join the CIA, or become a cop, the agency that wants to hire you probably won't check your rap sheet, which might have an arrest on it. If the rap sheet does have an arrest on it, it won't have a conviction (unless you also get convicted) (and this depends on the state and I've only seen rap sheets from California). In California at least, not everyone gets to see your rap sheet, so the agency that hires you may not ever know about it. Plus, I've never been asked about something I was arrested for to get a job as a civil servant (and I've worked for the State of California in the past), but the applications do ask for convictions. I suspect that law enforcement jobs ask for arrests, but that isn't going to kill you if it can be explained away. A friend of mine recently got a job with a District Attorney's office in California. The office investigated him big time including asking him for information regarding every job he'd ever had. He disclosed to them a past conviction he had for a wet reckless, which means he got arrested for a DUI, but the prosecuting DA at the time, allowed him to plead down to a reckless driving charge, but a special one that allows California to use the conviction as a DUI conviction in the future (If he gets 3 DUI convictions, the third one is a felony, but you get more time in jail for your second DUI than the first). Yet, he was hired and now prosecutes felonies. If a drunk driving conviction is okay for a DA's office, an arrest with no convictions is probably okay for your run of the mill civil service job.
2006-12-11 01:38:59 · answer #2 · answered by Erik B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure. I got "Arrested""ror"" given a ticket for driving without a licence when I was 19.. went to court, three months of probation and I still got a job with Law Enforcement at 25.
Depends on the crime
2006-12-11 20:48:59 · answer #3 · answered by Heather 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but it depends on the level of the offense. Felonies, no, but there are specific numbers of years you must wait after a conviction for different misdemeanor offenses.
2006-12-11 01:31:50 · answer #4 · answered by jaybird512 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would take an act of god, because humans are unforgiving. and you would not be allowed to have authority
2006-12-11 01:16:18 · answer #5 · answered by bilybob 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as far as i know it is not if you've been arrested it is if you've been convicted.
2006-12-11 01:18:08 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋