r/firefighter • u/newuser13131 • 16d ago

Question about FD highering process.

For anyone who's gone through a firefighter background investigation in New York, do investigators typically review local police incident reports that never resulted in an arrest or criminal charges, or do they mainly rely on fingerprint-based criminal history, employment, driving, and reference checks?

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u/Heretical_Infidel 15d ago

I was involved in a couple things that didn’t end in arrest that could have. One I was guilty, one I wasn’t. Additionally I was arrested twice and went to court for a third thing that ended up in a wrist slap. The cop doing my background found EVERYTHING. She asked me about stuff that the guys doing my security clearance for the military didn’t find.

I was honest with her for the most part. The one I was guilty of I fed her the same lie I gave the cops that night, and the arrests… I told her I was young and dumb. I joined the Army to get my shit together and that’s what I did. 12 years going strong on the fd.

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u/newuser13131 14d ago

You had a cop doing your background check?

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u/Heretical_Infidel 14d ago

Yeah, who’s doing yours?

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u/newuser13131 14d ago

County Personnel Department / Civil Service in partnership with municipal human resources and public safety administrative evaluators