[R.O. 2007 § 145.010; Ord. No. 15-01, 1-13-2015]
This Chapter is enacted pursuant to Chapter 43, Section 43.535, RSMo., to conduct background checks for City employment and firefighters for the Fire Department within the City of Pineville, Missouri.
[R.O. 2007 § 145.020; Ord. No. 15-01, 1-13-2015]
An applicant or prospective employee seeking to engage a position with the City as a City employee or a firefighter with the Fire Department shall submit his/her fingerprints to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division, along with appropriate fees. The Missouri State Highway Patrol, CJIS Division, will compare the subject's fingerprints against its criminal file and, if necessary, submit the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a comparison with national criminal history records. The results of the Federal Bureau of Investigation check will be returned to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, CJIS Division, which will disseminate the State and national results to the City of Pineville, Missouri.
[R.O. 2007 § 145.030; Ord. No. 15-01, 1-13-2015]
A. 
The City of Pineville shall render a fitness determination based upon the results of the criminal background check. In rendering a fitness determination, the City of Pineville, Missouri, will decide whether the subject of record has been convicted of or is under pending indictment for:
1. 
A crime which bears upon his/her ability or fitness to serve in that capacity;
2. 
Any felony, misdemeanor or ordinance violation which involved force or threat of force, controlled substances, or was a sex-related offense; or
3. 
Enumerated disqualifiers.
[R.O. 2007 § 145.040; Ord. No. 15-01, 1-13-2015]
The subject of record may request and receive a copy of his/her criminal history record information from the City of Pineville, Missouri. Should the subject of record seek to amend or correct his/her record, he/she must contact the Missouri State Highway Patrol, CJIS Division, for a Missouri State record and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for records from other state jurisdictions maintained in its file.