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I have a background check questions and past employement?

will be attending the Police Acedemy in January 2009. I am putting myself through and I will be fully emersing myself in this program. This is something I have been wanting to do for a long time and now I have the opportunity. I am a little worried my employment background. It isn't a horriable thing, but I was separated from the USPS for calling in sick and I have the paperwork to prove that. I was written up at a previous job for calling a customer the 'B" word, for which I apologized for, my manager stated that It was let go, but then she turned around a few months later and gave me a verbal that they write down. It is something that is cleared from my record after six months, that was well over a year now. Do I still ist it. Should I worry? I have never been arrested, I have an AA degree, been going to college and my employer before that loved me. I have a ton of references and have lived at the same place for years. I am a good person, I am concerned because I want this so much.

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1. I have an arrest record from my youth, and yet I am currently a law enforcement officer. Always tell the truth when it comes to being hired by any law enforcement employer. If you are paying for the academy yourself, this will make you even more "wanted" by alot of agencies. This is because you are saving them money by paying for it yourself. Also, having that degree, like I have, will give a boost in pay over your peers at the same level without a degree. Trust me, if these are the worst things you have ever done in your life...you will be fine.
2. Take a breath & relax. You're gonna be fine. If things like that disqualify people from being a police officer, I doubt you'd find one anywhere.
3. Don't sweat it, backround checks are mainly for criminal history and things of that nature. If you have no criminal history or history of drug use or theft or anything like that you should be okay. Everyone has had some ups and downs here and there at a job or two, that is not a crime. It will be fine. Good Luck.