Background Checks: Difference between revisions
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=== Policy Statement === | === Policy Statement === | ||
'''Portland NET and BEECN training is open to everyone, regardless of past offense records; no one will be barred from taking basic training.''' However, persons whose record includes conviction(s) for a felony, sex crime that requires registration, stalking offense, person crime misdemeanor committed less than ten years ago, or non-person misdemeanor committed less than three years ago may not be certified as a PBEM volunteer and permitted to join a team. In compliance with City code, '''all Active BEECN and NET volunteers are required to complete a criminal background check every three years'''. <br /> | '''Portland NET and BEECN training is open to everyone, regardless of past offense records; no one will be barred from taking basic training.''' However, persons whose record includes conviction(s) for a felony, sex crime that requires registration, stalking offense, person crime misdemeanor committed less than ten years ago, or non-person misdemeanor committed less than three years ago may not be certified as a PBEM volunteer and permitted to join a team. In compliance with City code, '''all Active BEECN and NET volunteers are required to complete a criminal background check every three years'''. | ||
=== Scope === | |||
This policy applies to all PBEM volunteers (NET or ATV) and all prospective PBEM volunteers. | |||
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=== Responsibilities === | |||
; Portland Bureau of Emergency Management (PBEM) | |||
: Pays for any required criminal background check a volunteer or prospective volunteer is subject to, evaluates and makes decisions about policy exceptions, tracks currency of volunteers' criminal background check and ensures that they are renewed every three years from the date of a volunteer's activation. | |||
; PBEM volunteers and prospective volunteers | |||
: Completes any procedures associated with fulfilling criminal background check requirements. | |||
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== When do I need to request a background check? == | == When do I need to request a background check? == | ||
