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Areas for Potential Disqualification from Police Employment
The Oxnard Police Department has the right and obligation to obtain assurances that all candidates applying for employment at the Police Department (which means any position at the Police Department, not just police officers) meet established standards. The following guidelines are representative of the more common disqualifiers. However, other information of facts revealed during the background investigation may also be sufficient to disqualify a candidate. All information in the personal history statement, which the applicant will complete, will be verified by a polygraph examination.
The guidelines below relate to the actual use of illegal drugs and are not intended to exclude those persons who are not illegally using drugs. Each item is marked, "Will" or "May," which means, "Will Disqualify" and "May Disqualify." These guidelines are subject to change without notice (revised January 2000).
| GENERAL | DISQUALIFY? |
|---|---|
| Not a U.S. Citizen and have not applied for U.S. citizenship within the past year. | WILL |
| Falsification or deception during the hiring process. | WILL |
| Termination for cause from another police agency. | MAY |
| Unfavorable work history. | MAY |
| Inability to communicate. | MAY |
| Resignation to avoid termination. | MAY |
| SUBSTANCE ABUSE | |
| Sales of marijuana, drug or narcotic as an adult. | WILL |
| Use of any hallucinogenic. | MAY** |
| Experimentation, extensive or prolonged use of any illegal narcotic within the last three years. | WILL |
| Experimentation, extensive or prolonged use of any illegal drug within the last three years. | WILL |
| Experimentation, extensive or prolonged use of marijuana within the last year. | WILL |
| Extensive or prolonged alcohol abuse without intervention within the last three years. | WILL |
| Experimentation, extensive or prolonged use of steroids within the last three years. | MAY |
| Knowingly remaining in a place where marijuana, illegal drugs or illegal narcotics are used or sold. | MAY |
| CRIMINAL / OTHER | |
| Commission of a crime involving moral turpitude*. | MAY** |
| Drunk driving within the last three years. | MAY |
| Two or more moving traffic violations within the last two years. | MAY |
| Attempted Suicide. | MAY |
| Presently on probation. | MAY |
| Commission of a crime of violence within the past ten years. | WILL |
| MEDICAL / PSYCHOLOGICAL | |
| As determined by the City of Oxnard Police Department medical and psychological standards. | WHERE APPLICABLE |
*Moral Turpitude
“Generally, a crime involving dishonesty or false statement is considered to be one involving moral
turpitude.” [United States v. Gloria, 494 F.2d 477 (5th Cir. 1974), cert. denied, 95 S.Ct 306 (1974)]
“An act or behavior that gravely violates moral sentiment or accepted moral standards of community, and is a morally culpable quality held to be present in some criminal offenses as distinguished from others.” [Black's Law Dictionary: 1979]
**Change in hiring standards effective January 2000.
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