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Police Recruits Failed Criminal Background Checks
posted 5:38 am Tue June 24, 2008 - WASHINGTON
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Another embarrassment is underway for the U.S. Capitol Police force. Several police academy trainees have resigned after officials discovered that they had been hired despite failing the standard criminal background checks.
Over the weekend, 15 new police recruits were told by police officials to resign or be fired. This accounts for about one-quarter of the current class at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia.
According to the Capitol Police, they carry out a "rigorous process" to select recruits, yet somehow these 15 were accepted and completed several weeks of training. No details are available about the nature of the criminal records held by those recruits.
ABC 7 Talkback: Police Recruits Failed Criminal Background Checks
Winstrv
12:06 pm on 06/24/08
Just another example of incompetency on the part of the DC government. Another waste of tax payer money. Who is in charge of running these background checks and what is being done about it?
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