I am currently starting a new career with the police dept and I recieved a letter for jury duty.?

Question

My question is: Can I be excused from jury duty because I am starting a new job that requires me to attend 'bootcamp' like training that I cannot miss?

I wanted to know what would happen if i did not contact the jury duty people, this is a very important job and i can not miss a day.

Answer 1

You have two options.

One option is that you can request a postponement of your jury duty. In CA you can postpone it up to 6 months later, I think. There should have been instructions for this on your jury summons.

The other option is to just go. Your employer is required to allow you to go to jury duty, and surely a police department knows this. You need to show the summons to your supervisor as soon as possible so that you can work something out regarding your training.

Answer 2

You need to contact the clerk IMMEDIATELY. If you do not show with out proper contact, you are likely to lose your police department job too. Your jury duty will likely be postponed to a later date, or excused all together. It is highly unlikely that any defense attorney would allow a member of the police department to be on the jury.

Answer 3

Immediately inform the court clerk and your new work. You will more than likely be excused.

You can go to jail if you skip the jury duty. You must contact the court and get it excused first. You may wish for the academy to send them a letter or call them as well.

Answer 4

First, your "employer" must let you go.

However, usually you can write a letter and "request" to have your jury duty put off for several months, as long as you explain why and are willing to take it on later. My husband put in a request because he was new at his job and was worried that it would negatively affect his training, and he was put off for 3 months. Then he served.

Answer 5

I would call the courthouse where you are supposed to attend. Speak to the clerk there, & explain what happened. They'll ask your name, address, etc. Do you remember the court date?? If you do., there's no need to have the letter when you do attend. Simply attend. By not attending without lawful excuse, you could be very heavily fined, or put in jail. Depending on where you are, I hardly think the Police Dept. can help you in this situation. It's the Courts you need to contact. The courts may ask you to attend in person to properly identify yourself. Good luck!!

Answer 6

That's a really good question. Usually you're not allowed to skip jury duty, but I think they would make an exception for you. You're going into law enforcement and so I think that they would look at that over you having to work that day. Your best bet is to go to the court house and check with them there.

Answer 7

You can be held in contempt of court if you do not respond to the summons...and I guarantee that once they find out you were hired by the police department, you will lose your job over it.

All you can do is answer to the summons, and give them your reason..

By law..the police department MUST allow you to go to jury duty...boot camp or not, so don't worry about your job...the police deparment is one employer that I guarantee will understand.

You have no choice but to respond. It's the law.

Answer 8

If you just don't reply to the jury duty letter, they will likely send the sheriff out to get you. So don't do that.

Talk to your supervisor and ask how to handle it.

Answer 9

What worked for me was writing to them and telling them i couldnt write all that well, i got a letter within a week saying i was excused from jury service, a little white lie but it worked.

Answer 10

No you can't jury duty is important and you were chosen for that .