1-11-16: FINGERPRINT BASED BACKGROUND CHECKS:
All applicants applying for employment with the City of Mesquite are required to provide the City of Mesquite with a full set of fingerprints. Fingerprinting shall be completed at the Mesquite Police Department. Fingerprint data will be used to conduct State and national criminal records checks. Upon receipt of the fingerprint data, the City police agency is authorized to transmit the fingerprint data to the Nevada Department of Public Safety to conduct State criminal records checks. The Nevada Department of Public Safety is authorized to exchange this fingerprint data with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct national criminal records checks. The results of the State and national criminal checks will be disseminated to the City of Mesquite, which shall render a fitness determination regarding the applicant. This section is enacted pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes 239B.010(1)(b) and public law 92-544. (Ord. 404, 7-22-2008, eff. 8-14-2008)