Questions regarding hazmat endorsement and security threat assesment

On the side of just answering the question and nothing else. If you honestly feel as though you have been "wronged" by the system......fight it as far up as you can.

Social Security is NOTORIUOS for blindly denying legitimate disability claims, that is why you always appeal the decision. From the time my brother filed his claim for disability (he was paralyzed from the waist down after a work accident) to the time he received it was close to 3 years. They denied his initial 2 claims. Got a lawyer, and after several motions and hearings was retroactively rewarded his disability. The final argument on the gov't behalf, he received a large payout from his former employer.....

Long story short, if you have the right to appeal, which you do, and you feel as though you were judged in error.....appeal it. Make sure you have your argument structured, facts straight and evidence prepaired.

 

For the OP, the questions are asked on the background forms, have you ever been involuntarily committed and etc.
It's a judgement call.

If they check, who do they ask for such information? Is that medical information and as such private? Did a judge order you into custody or was it a semi-private matter with maybe just some police and your mom?
(I'm unfamiliar with PA law on this subject.)
Is there a central controller for all information of that kind in Pennsylvania? Nowadays, computers keep all this information forever and they never forget any of it, ever. In decades past, nobody would ever have known, but now, it's all there in a computer somewhere.

My inclination is to tell you to that it's a private health matter and nobody's business but yours.
If a judge ordered the commitment, there's probably a court record somewhere, which might pop up in a background check. In that case, all they can say is, "Oops, sorry, your'e denied."

EDIT: On the other hand, it's just a HAZMAT endorsement.
If you don't need that to be a driver, why bother forcing the question by applying for it?

 

I would appeal it, if you passed for the TWIC, it is the same background check so you should have been cleared.

 

Yes TSA would clear me because they cleared me for my TWIC but I found out tht NY state has their own set of disqualification n apparently my conviction falls under their rules ,thanks for info but Ive decided to leave it alone till the full 10yrs have past d which will be 2018,I have a excellent job dirving n doesnt require my hazmat just want to put it on lincense for the heck of it....

 

INaNYmin, I was thinking the same thing. I figured there was a 10 year rule. Sorry! At least you don't need it right now and you can get it when the time is up.

 

To the OP, I would answer NO on the questionnaire, no company has any right to your medical history, do not sign a medical release allowing any company to gain access to your medical history, it is none of their business. Without a release signed by you, they cannot discover your medical history legally, if it comes to light that a company somehow gained medical history knowledge without consent, they would open to a massive civil suit.