Do temporary restraining orders appear on employment background checks?
It depends upon what the employer uses to get that background information. For less than $30. I can know more about you than you know about yourself. Most employer are too cheap to order that level of background search but the nature of things means that many employers do no searches at all.Here is why you think some information is shielded that is actually quite available. Consider a young woman who has an arrest for prostitution and later goes back and has the court record expunged. She thinks her life is now free of that taint. However when she was seeking a lawyer she reached to a girlfriend and emailed her questions about what to do about the prostitution arrest. Bingo ! Now that information is in the wild and any researcher can grab it and spread it all about. We are now in an era in which people must live with their past mistakes or conditions. When companies promise secrecy they still tend to sell your information. Ask anyone who takes a medication long term how much they are bombarded with companies seeking to supply that prescription for less than you might be paying. Even the big chain pharmacies spread your information about and they deny it. But if you take a script for insulin to your local drug store you will soon see if you don’t start getting a lot of phone calls from companies selling diabetic supplies.
How can you find out if there's a warrant out for your arrest? I got issued a citation, and was told that if I didn't pay it, they would then issue a warrant. Would this warrant only be active the County, or in the whole state/country?
You should be able to contact the suspected jurisdiction, contact their court clerk. Give them your name, DOB and current address at which time they will check the NCIC database and let you know.Do you believe you might?Be careful, if you do and it’s a biggy, don’t be surprised if they come looking for you.So, if you do have one, the best course of action is usually to go to the courthouse, turn yourself in at which time they will arrest you, arraign you, and either give you a bail amount or release you on your own recognizance. However, if you have a record of FTA (Failure To Appear) to court dates, you may be held for bail or your next court date which could be weeks to months down the road.Or if you have the means, contact either a private attorney who will charge you anywhere from $150.00 an hour all the up to $1500.00 an hour. Or you can contact the Public Defenders office, make an appointment to be interviewed and see if you qualify for a court appointed attorney. Remember, a Public Defender is an attorney hired by the county or the state that is grossly overworked and fresh out of law school. Their only function is to appease the courts by making sure you are represented by a licensed attorney. Unfortunately there is nothing in the law that says he must be competent or have enough time to properly defend you in an effort to keep you from doing much time. They jokingly nick name these attorneys as Public Pretenders as like I said, they are overworked and under experienced. Generally their function is to plea-bargain your case, and to keep you from asking for a very expensive full blown trial and saving the state tons and tons of money, all the while getting you to plead guilty for a shorter sentence. This form of justice serves many purposes. First and foremost, like I said, the state saves money, the Public Defenders, who are employed by the state get real time/real life experience and the horribly overcrowded justice systems wheels keep on slipping, slipping, slipping- into the future!Anyway, that would be the way!
How do police officers run a background check?
Drivers license number and state, social security number. In TX we have a system called TLETS which is linked with the FBI database. Also an investigator can get your credit history. Police Officers are not suppose to abuse the system such as look up friends, movie stars, or anyone not related to a case. This can be an end to a policemans career.
Do police cars have cameras that automatically scan license plates which trigger a alarm to pull you over?
Mobile Automated License Plate reader (ALPR) systems are expensive, at about $20,000 per vehicle. They’re also fairly fragile, as they use four or more cameras, usually mounted on the light bar or the bumpers. If some yahoo comes along and bashes the cameras, that’s a chunk of money. So, most police fleets have only a few of these vehicles, if they have any at all.The older systems use an onboard database of “hot list” license plates. These are plates of vehicles known to be stolen, or that are driven by people with active warrants, or who have suspended or revoked drivers licenses. The officer operating the vehicle updates the list on a flash drive before he starts work. When the system scans a plate that is on the hot list, the system beeps to alert the driver. He sees a captured photo of the license plate alongside the license plate letters/numbers in text. It’s important to do a manual comparison, as these systems are prone to false positives.If the actual plate matches the wanted information, the officer either tries to stop the car, or directs another officer to do so.The newer systems query online databases like NCIC in real time, so that the onboard “hot list” is just a backup.These systems have made it possible to apprehend far more car thieves and scofflaw drivers than was possible before.They can also be unpopular. The CHP has used ALPR-equipped vehicles to identify drivers who are required to register their cars in California, but who have failed to do so. You are generally required to register your car in the state within 30 days of arrival. However, California vehicle registration fees are considerably higher than those in most other states, so people put it off as long as they can. CHP will put ALPR-equipped cars monitoring feeder freeways, and once they have documented the same car going the same route multiple times over a 30-day period, they’ve got you. People don’t like to get got.
I have a warrant for my arrest in Texas. I don't plan on ever going back to Texas. Can they still get me in California?
Texas would have to want you for something way more serious than an unpaid traffic fine to extradite you from California. Extraditions are expensive. It's salary, plane fare, ground transportation, hotel, and meals for two cops both ways and one prisoner for the trip back. There is no sense to doing that to get a fine of a few hundred bucks, at most. This doesn't mean that you are free and clear so long as you stay out of Texas. If you try and obtain a drivers license in California or most other states, they will probably check for suspensions in other states, and a traffic warrant usually also suspends your license. A background check for a new job could reveal the warrant. Some local courts report unpaid fines to credit agencies, damaging your credit report. There are all sorts of loose ends associated with arrest warrants, and one of them is likely to trip you up. Arrest warrants are valid until served or recalled. Some courts put an expiration date on warrants, but just as many do not. I once served an arrest warrant that had been sitting in file over ten years. It stemmed from a citation issued by an animal control officer for allowing a dog to run free, without a leash. Arrest warrants are court orders to any peace officer with jurisdiction and capability to serve the warrant. If the officer was to refuse to serve the warrant, he could be held in contempt of court. While it may be personally satisfying to flip the figurative bird at the Texas court that imposed the fine or the police agency that gave you the ticket, the arm of the law is long, and has a way of reaching out and touching you sooner or later.
If someone has a bench warrant in one state, could that person be arrested in another state for that same bench warrant?
I have read almost all of these answers. I am originally from Indiana, and the state places a rider on all their misdemeanor warrants that it is enforcable only within state boundaries. Now, I seen almost all of the answers her are from people with law enforcment back grounds. Not to upset anyone but police officers do not spend the time and money attorneys do on an education. When there is a rider on the warrent it is placing a legal jurisdiction or enforcement on that warrent. And that warrent is then only a legal document in the boundaries of jurisdiction of that document. Outside of that it is worthless, nothing more than toilet paper. So it is my understanding that it you are out of jurisdiction of the warrent as stated on the warrent (which at the time the officer runs a check it is stated there it) and arrest you only on the basis of that warrant then they have commited a legal kidnapping and have falsely arrested you due to the fact the officer already knows the jurisdiction of the warrent and what the intent of the issueing court is on the extradition. So yes you should take care of the warrent as soon as you can, but understand that if you are checked and you are in fact outside the limits of the warrent. It is no longer a legal document and can not be enforced at any cost just like a city police officer had NO jurisdiction in another city that is not within his state. In fact if that police office from NV came to my state of Florida and tried to use his badge in a official capacity he would be arrested for impersonating an office. If the law is like that for the jurisdiction of a person what do you think they would be for a pirce of paper. And remember to alway demand (not ask) to see the warrent and to read it completely before you sign it. Some jails have been known to pass off the warrent as extradition papers just to get you to sign the warrant. Sorry to any law enforcement officer i may have upset.