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[VAsteve20]

So im almost done with the background investigation stages of the process...
i called my background investigator to let him know that i got my highschool transcript and i asked to confirm his mailing PO box so i could send it out today.
well he said i need to meet him at the divisional HQ to talk and i could hand it to him then, then goes on to say "reason for this is because i found out some information from another department you previously applied to so we need to talk..."

Well i took a polygraph with a county agency back when i was 18 years old for the position of police cadet(not police recruit). I am assuming that there was something that i told the county agency that i may have forgoten to tell the VSP polygraph operator that my BI found as a point of interest.
i passed the poly, im not stressing the results, but i am wondering, should i stress this meeting at all? i didnt lie to him or purposely withhold information, and if i did withhold any information it was an honest mistake most imperfect humans make. we sometimes forget.
Will something like this definently abort my process? or are the background investigators more understanding when it comes to minor issues or snags like these?

my friends believe it to be a minor ordeal, and so does my family, im just on edge about it because of the seriousness in his voice... i understand that the BIs need to maintain a stern attitude during the investigation, but im still stressing the fact that my application process could be halted for an honest mistake.
Im not worried about my background because i know its clean, but the thought of being denied over a mix up between polygraph examiners or with holding information... i mean ive been through enough of these, i know departments share information. which is why im hoping he understands if this is the case.
anyone with advice?

[VAsteve20]

Also, to give you guys a better idea as to where i stand with my Background Investigator, here are some of the results so far....

Last Weds. we drove around for about 8-9 hours going to all my previous employers and my current employer...
we also made it to most of the areas 7 court houses and PD's to complete criminal records checks and court records and all that jazz....
i had no criminal convictions of any kind, i had no traffic offenses filed with any of the court systems, however i admitted to having a total of 3 tickets in my life time.
one was a 58/35 2 months after i got my license and was dropped in court.
the other was a 35/25 in june of 2000 and will be knocked off my record in june of this year.
and the last was a non moving violation of an expired inspection thanks to the vehicle undergoing engine troubles before the inspection expired so made the attempt to get the inspection taken care of but ended up gettin a ticket for it in feb of 2001.

however none of these showed up... so i asked him if me being a juvi during the time of the offenses effected anything... so we strolled over to the juvi court and sure enough, the 35/25 was in my file and so was the state inspection ticket.

my very first employer hired me the day after i turned 16 and mentioned i was hibitualy late on occassions... considering that this was a job i had in highschool, i was usually late thanks to school and all that jazz, so we considered that no big deal... plus i worked till 1am or 2am sometimes on school days.
my second employer praised me, my third employer did not remember me, and had no record, and my 4th employer has yet to get back to my background investigator.
Ive been with my current employer since april 9 2001 (since the age of 17) and have been lead tech of the year for a few years now, and my employer worships the ground i walk on, and proved that durning the interview between the business manager and my BI.

my credit is good, i had one small defect thanks to lots of traveling, ive got a 30 day notice on my report.

ive never done any kind of drug, and anyone who knows me as a person can vouch for that, not to mention i have a drug free anthem tattooed on the inside of my bicep and i have a set of Straight Edge X's tattooed on the other inside bicep showing not only am i drug free but alcohol free as well...

i have no bad habbits, i have never used any tobacco products of any kind, and im pretty much what you would call a straight edge individual.

he was more than impressed with my pool of peers who are all in the upper 20's mid 30's tho im only 21.

so if this helps with anything there it is.
i want this more than anything in the world right now and i have lived my life with this goal in mind at all times from the age of 14.

are my chances of working this out good or not?
i would just hate to be DQed for not remembering a particular instance that i put out in the open back in 2001 during a polygraph with another agency and have it effect the outcome of my BI.
Thanks guys and girls.

[VAsteve20]

Thanks for all the replies guys!! LOL :D
anyways, i just got done with my metting, seems there was alot of stuff i didnt remember telling the county PD...
i got the chance to clear it up so i hope all is well...
should i think positive?

[pkagel]

dunno if you should worry or not but make sure to note all that you had forgotten for the future if you need to apply someplace else.

[jnojr]

There isn't much point in sweating all of this stuff, running around like a chicken with its head cut off. Meet your BI, listen to what s/he has to say, and go from there. If you forgot to mention something, that isn't going to kill you, and if it does, would you really want to work for such an incredibly anal department?

Relax. Que sera, sera... whatever will be, will be... :D

[VAsteve20]

There isn't much point in sweating all of this stuff, running around like a chicken with its head cut off. Meet your BI, listen to what s/he has to say, and go from there. If you forgot to mention something, that isn't going to kill you, and if it does, would you really want to work for such an incredibly anal department?

Relax. Que sera, sera... whatever will be, will be... :D
well thats a promising reply.
i mean i was asked to write a descriptive paper on all the things that came out, so i faxed the 5 page report to him after i finished it in 2 hours so the chief of background investigations can review it. i was also thinking, this could all be a psych test of some kind... ive met with my BI twice now and he says he really enjoys meeting with me, however these issues have disappointmented him he says. i dont veiw them as serious issues because everything happend when i was between the ages of 10 and 17. no specific questions were asked that would trigger these memories to be replayed in my mind. i basically didnt volunteer information.
had he asked me the questions, i would have provided the answers. but the questions were never asked until he got my records from the county department.