Quartzsite Fires Police Chief

Bumpyroad wrote:
I wasn't aware that doing a background search on citizens was illegal?
worse going on on the federal level.
bumpy

Well, that depends on how deep you search and what your reasons are. I know of several cases where people have been fired for doing such things as running a Criminal History check on someone when NO CRIME was being investigated.

But then. I was in the criminal history business (It was part of my job to run them when authorized) and thus I was told when someone ran one when they should not. That way. I would be less likely to do so.

The article mentioned 700 pages of CONFIDENTIAL information. That can get someone blessed with a criminal history if the folks who control that information get nasty.

The firing of the police chief is just the latest in what has been years of firings, and resignations. I'm not going to get into accusations that I have read over the years, but It seems Quartzsite good have been so much better if the local Gov. cared at all about the Town, and it's Citizens. '"It's all about the money, always has been" :(

Quartzsite News TV

wny_pat wrote:

Bumpyroad wrote:
I wasn't aware that doing a background search on citizens was illegal?
bumpy

Big time illegal if it is done by a LEO for something other than law enforcement purposes.

Ditto.

Also, people use the words "background check" synonymously. There's a driving record check, there's a check through NCIC (National Crime Information Center), there's background checks through the FBI that include fingerprints and etc. they said he was using a dept of justice computer which tells me it's probably NCIC. And yes it's a big no no for anything other than official use. There is so much paperwork that needs to be completed and maintained. Checks have to be logged. You can and will be audited at any time. If there are any discrepancies, you can lose the terminal and access from it.

The NSA does not have to do background checks. They have all the info they need. If they do feel the need to go through NCIC for anything, then there is a security reason for them doing so. If they are doing it to their girlfriends, then that is a violation. Do they do it? I'm sure. The thing is if they get caught.

Free, maybe. Someone is paying their salaries. Legally? I'd say the jury is still out on what was and was not legal.

Just because NSA was doing it, doesn't mean it was automatically legal.

dave54 wrote:

Bumpyroad wrote:
I wasn't aware that doing a background search on citizens was illegal?
worse going on on the federal level.
bumpy

NSA does it free, and legally!

Makes you question how employers do background check on prospective hires doesn't it?

I didn't know anything was illegal anymore.
chevman

When Supercharged takes over it will get straighten out. He said they just putting a light bar and siren on his personal picked truck, and will just use his Cobra 29 LTD Classic CB for comms. His first job is to stop overnighting in the Walmart parking lot. Then he is going after the seniors that shop lift at Costco. In our phone conversion he said he has not made a decision about the book store operator. Said he would take him to Love's for lunch to talk about it.

Each Saturday he is going a close the section of I-10 in town and hold pickup truck drag races, claiming he will take on each weeks winner title for title. Chris

And yet he is still going to get paid to the tune of $116K

Who writes these contracts....better yet Who approves these contracts :S

And folks wonder why Federal Gov is messed up.......it's learned/promoted/encouraged at the local level.

Bumpyroad wrote:
I wasn't aware that doing a background search on citizens was illegal?
bumpy

Big time illegal if it is done by a LEO for something other than law enforcement purposes. It is also illegal for a DMV clerk to do the same thing, if they do it for something not related a license renewal or registration renewal.

It is illegal. Who says so: we do. When our Forefathers wrote the Constitution it was to spell out what powers the Government was given. government exist to serve Americans and maintain the Republic. Who ever is elected is not granted any permission to abrigate the Constitution or do any thing else he or his group imagines. Not one thing.
They have no permission to pry into anyone's lives. To run a background check they need permission from a Court and a good reason to present to that Court.
They are not following the Law. Any law they contrived or reinterpreted to do otherwise is illegal. We don't have Dictators and Tyrants.
Anyone that enforces such things is not a friend to the People nor serving the Republic. It is treachery and tyranny and treason.