(a) Each applicant for membership in the Fire Department shall furnish a classifiable set of fingerprints to the Police Department.
(b) The Chief of Police, and members of the Police Department acting in his name, are hereby authorized to conduct a field investigation and are hereby directed to conduct criminal records checks of each applicant for employment by the Fire Department.
(c) The Chief of Police or a member of the Police Department acting on his behalf shall prepare a factual summary of the background investigation and criminal records check of each firefighter applicant and transmit such summary to the Fire Chief for the purpose of determining the fitness of an applicant. The summary may contain recom mendations to the Fire Chief concerning the suitability for employment of a firefighter 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.
(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 for membership in the 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 dissemination to the Fire Chief regarding the fitness of firefighter applicants other than that contained in the official summary report referred to in this section.
(Ord. 45-76. Passed 10-7-76.)