The city council in Richmond, Virginia wants to take a closer look at firefighters before they are hired. City Councilman Bruce Tyler is questioning the hiring practices of the Richmond Fire Department. The current policy requires a background check after the fireman is hired. Tyler said the applicants should be screened before then.
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Tag Archives: convicted felons
A Firefighter and a Felon?
January 26, 2010 – 1:14 pm
Convicted Felons Work in Nonprofit Program
December 15, 2009 – 10:18 pm
A Utah employment program mixes those with criminal background with disabled adults. Officials at the Community Foundation for the Disabled said criminal background checks are not done on the mentally disabled adults served by the agency. But there have been no problems, they said.
One convicted felon, Tracy R. Hester, had charges that included battery and [...]
