(A) Persons subject to § 18-303 shall, upon request, provide fingerprints and all other necessary personal identification, including a birth certificate, Social Security number, and driver’s license (if available) so that the Town Manager, or designee, may cause a thorough search to be made of local and state criminal records to determine if the applicant has a history of criminal convictions, or the crimes enumerated in § 18-304 by use of the Division of Criminal Information Network (DCI).
(B) The Town Police Department shall provide the findings from the use of the DCI to the Town Manager, or designee; provided, that all necessary agreements with the State Bureau of Investigations Division of Criminal Information have been executed.
(C) An evaluation of any crime for purposes of employment, volunteerism, internships, approval of permits, or licenses, the Town Manager, or designee, will take into account the nature and circumstances of the offense, and the timeframe of the offense as it relates to the essential job function, or the position applied, or volunteered, for.
(D) Prior to denial or termination of employment as a full-time employee, part-time employee, volunteer, or intern with the town, the Town Recreation Department or the Town Fire Department, or prior to denial or termination of a volunteer, or prior to the denial or termination of a person performing a volunteer internship, or prior to denial of a permit or license to operate a business within the town of any person based upon criminal history record information (CHRI) received from the Town Police Department, the Town Manager shall verify the existence of a record by either obtaining a certified public record, or by submitting a fingerprint card of the individual to the criminal information and identification section for verification that the CHRI record belongs to the individual.
Editor’s note:
The section title “Background check procedure” has been added by the editor for ease of reference., Sidewalks, and Other Public Places