(A) The County Manager or his or her designee, by and through the County Sheriff, may conduct an investigation of any final candidate for a full-time or part-time position with the county government, and it shall be a precondition of employment that an applicant for such a position shall, upon request, provide fingerprints and all other necessary personal identifying information including a birth certificate, Social Security, and driver’s license or state or federal identification card, if available. If a driver’s license or state or federal identification card is unavailable, the applicant may be required to produce a passport or military identification. Such personal identifying information shall be used by the Sheriff to make a thorough search of local and statewide criminal records to determine if the applicant has a history of criminal convictions by use of the Division of Criminal Information Network (DCI).
(B) The Sheriff shall provide the findings from the use of the DCI to the County Manager, or his or her designee, provided that all necessary agreements with the state’s Bureau of Investigations Division of Criminal Information have been executed.
(C) Employment may be denied to those persons convicted of any crime against a person, or crimes against property where intent is an element, or any drug or gambling related offense. In addition, employment may also be denied to those persons convicted of a DUI/DWI who has applied for any county position that would require the candidate to drive a county vehicle and/or to transport persons on behalf of the county.
(D) An evaluation of any crime for the purposes of employment will take into account the nature and the circumstances of the offense and the time frame of the offense as it relates to the essential job functions or the position applied for.
(E) Prior to denial or termination of employment based upon criminal history record information (CHRI) received by the Sheriff, the County Manager (or his or her designee) shall verify the existence of the 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.
(Ord. passed 6-1-2015)