NOTICE TO APPLICANT
The Atmore Police Department will conduct an extensive background check on your past employment if you are applying for the position of Police Officer. Even though you may select an employer not to be contacted, notice by law, the employer may still be contacted regarding completing checks.
Alabama Law 36-21-55.1 Creation of Database; Reporting of Information; Maintenance and Confidentiality
(a)(1) By October 1, 2023, the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission shall develop, implement, and maintain a centralized and electronic Law Enforcement Officer Employment Database. The database shall include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following reportable offenses:
a. Dates of hire, appointment, and reportable separation as defined in Section 36-21-55 of a law enforcement officer from any law enforcement agency through which the officer is or has been employed.
b. Information relating to disciplinary action as defined in Section 36-21-55 taken by a law enforcement agency against a law enforcement officer.
c. Use of force complaints as defined in Section 36-21-55 against a law enforcement officer.
d. Any instance of a law enforcement officer’s reassignment for cause as defined in Section 36-21-55.
e. Status of compliance with continuing education requirements.
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Alabama Law 36-21-55.2 Disclosure of Information.
(a) Any law enforcement agency that is a potential employer of a law enforcement officer shall request, through the database from the commission, either in writing or electronically, disclosure of the information maintained by the commission as required in subdivisions (b)(1) and (b)(2) of Section 36-21-55.1.
(b) In the event that the database does not include information with respect to the law enforcement officer, any law enforcement agency that previously employed or appointed the law enforcement officer, upon receiving a written request from an employing law enforcement agency in this state, shall disclose a full and fair description of the former law enforcement officer’s employment history with that agency to include the information in subdivisions (b)(1) and (b)(2) of Section 36-21-55.1, if available.
(c) Information disclosed pursuant to subsection (b) shall only be used for employment or appointment decisions, and the law enforcement agency receiving the disclosures shall maintain the confidentiality of the employment or appointment information.
(d) An individual acting on behalf of a law enforcement agency shall be immune from civil liability for disclosing information required by this section if that disclosure was made in good faith and in response to a proper written request made pursuant to this division.
(Act 2021-268, §3.)