(A) Each applicant to the municipal fire department shall furnish a classifiable set of fingerprints to the municipal police department.
(B) The chief of police, and members of the municipal police department acting in his name, are authorized to conduct a field investigation and directed to conduct criminal records checks on each applicant for employment by the municipal fire department.
(C) The chief of police or a member of the police department acting in his behalf shall prepare a factual summary of the background investigation and criminal records check of each fire fighter applicant, and transmit such summary to the civil service commission for the purpose of determining the fitness of an applicant. The summary may contain recommendations to the civil service commission concerning the suitability for employment of a fire fighter applicant.
(D) Background investigations and records checks include records of all arrests and dispositions as an adult. Records of arrests and dispositions, while an applicant was considered a juvenile, shall be transmitted only when authorized by court order, court rule, court decision, federal regulation or state statute, authorizing such dissemination.
(E) Criminal history records and information shall include arrest and disposition data on file in the National Crime Information Center, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Defense, and all other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.
(F) Any applicant to the municipal fire department who is denied employment on the basis of the investigation summary referred to in this section, may inspect that summary for the purpose of clarifying, explaining or denying the accuracy of its contents.
(G) The chief of police and members of the police department shall make no other dissemination to the fire chief regarding the fitness of fire fighter applicants, except in the official summary report referred to in this section.
(Ord. 1073-1977, passed 10-25-77)