Hazmat disqualified ?

Coulda, woulda, shoulda..... If if's and but's were candy and nuts, you would be Willy Wonka.

 

If you didnt say anything at all, i would be more inclined to think you might be innocent. But the more you say, and the manner in which you say it, is painting a clearer and clearer picture for me.

Thats another thing boss..you didnt "pay your debt to society". You committed a felony act, and you paid your debt to the court system. But society never lent you anything, and they certainly dont owe you anything. You will continue to be judged for your past deeds for many years to come.

 

I don't see what a domestic abuse has to do with HazMat. Maybe the TWIC, am I missing something? Most of the companies I see advertising require HazMat, or must get it within a month. Personally, I feel bad for the OP. Courts generally favor the woman, and the man gets screwed. In my situation, "She got the gold mine, I got the shaft". (Thank you Jerry Reed) Sadly pal, I think you're screwed as well, because now there's record of this. Don't feel too bad, trucking nowadays is a crummy job anyway, you can do better.

 

I work as a retail clerk which is NOT high paying in any shape manner or form whatsoever. As a rule, they do NOT hire convicted felons. However, they are NOT totally excluded. The problem is that they cannot be trusted to handle money or inventory.

However, I have also seen employees get terminated for employee theft and embezzlement and NOT have any charges brought up against them. As mentioned in an earlier thread, a pharmacy technician was a drug addict, detained by loss prevention, and arrested by the police.

Here is the question:
WHICH IS WORSE, a convicted felon who tells the truth about his or her past, or a criminal who has NOT been caught or had charges brought up against him or her?

Dollars to donuts:
As in every other line of work, there are probably truck drivers out there, with or without hazmat licenses or TWIC cards, who have NOT been charged or brought to justice for crimes that they have committed, ranging from mild misdemeanors to serious felonies, possibly capital crimes.

Serious question:
Should a convicted felon be allowed to drive a truck, along with having a hazmat license or TWIC card? It is both a tough question and a tough call.

NOTE:
I do realize that convicted felons need jobs like everyone else or they will end up being a criminal all over again just to be able to feed themselves.

 

$150 for finger prints?! I paid $85 for mine.

 

Once it's 7 years old(sounds like it will be next year some time) you'll probably qualify. Dumb ain't it?

 

The system is geared on purpose to make prison a revolving door. It doesn't surprise me at all that a certification someone would need to get a job with would be denied to a felon.

 

Im not too worried about a drivers documented past.
Im more worried about all the ones driving that aren't
even in the system,and never gonna be,until they get caught.

 

Hey guys, come on here! For cryin' out loud the OP was asking a simple question, trying to continue on with his life. To you guys who are jumping on him, let me tell you, that as a retired copper, I have seen a hell of a lot of "miscarriages of justice," in our "Criminal Justice System." The two biggest ones, in my opinion, are "Registered Sex Offenders," which cover every thing from righteous crimes, to political crap pulled by people in power, who have a hard on for someone, and of course "Domestic Violence."

Now I've got absolutely no use for folks who do the actual domestic violence BS. It sickens me to see it. But I have seen numerous instances where a guy got a DV on his record, when he was actually THE VICTIM. I'm thinking about the guy who went to jail, after his wife stabbed him in the belly with a paring knife. The female deputy DA, (whom we later found out was a victim of DV herself,) dropped the charges against the wife who did the stabbing, and issued a warrant on the husband, who, according to numerous witnesses, had done nothing but yell at her.

And another one, in which the little Mexican guy, standing 5'2" and 110 lbs soaking wet, was beat practically to death by his Paiute wife who weighed in at over 250 lbs. And yet, when he got out of the hospital, he was prosecuted, found guilty and sentenced to prison for domestic violence.

These are the two prime examples that come to my mind. I'm sure given a bit of time, I could come up with others.

So you folks who are so self righteous, need to back off, and take a look at the possibilities, rather than jumping to conclusions. I don't blame the OP for being pissed off. He comes on here to ask a legitimate question, and is then attacked by several of our members.

You guys really should be ashamed of yourselves.