Wanted man: Police job offers pour in for NJ man pardoned by Gov. Christie

This is very good news for the young man in the story.

But why did Governor Christie wait for two years? Did he wait for so long and play with this man's life just so his pardon could have more dramatic impact closer to the Presidential election. Do we really want a man as president who would use another human being in such a way as this to be making ANY decisions for us at all?

LE positions, actions ....

I'd be a bit leery of a applicant or cadet that was hired after a high profile incident. I'm not sure some decisions or acts might have been or were always the right ones.

A few years ago, I saw how a USMC veteran & young father ran up & tackled a armed bank robber in Sarasota Florida, .
The guy was unarmed but lashed out in the critical incident. The local PD later praised the veteran & said he would be welcomed by the agency if he applied.

It's good that this young man will have his records cleared but background checks are only part of being hired by a PD or LE agency.

RustyShackelford said:

I'd be a bit leery of a applicant or cadet that was hired after a high profile incident. I'm not sure some decisions or acts might have been or were always the right ones.

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Not sure? Based on any particular real information, or supposition? That he was stopped for a minor traffic infraction? And made the "mistake" of being forthcoming and telling the truth to the arresting LEO?

And the "high profile" incident was two years ago. Up to that point, he was an armored car driver, with infers that (1) he had sufficiently clean background to possess a NJ weapons permit (no small feat in and of itself, (2) passed an employers background check, (3) passed periodic drug screenings, etc...

On the one hand, I agree that the process of becoming a LEO requires much more than just a job application or invite. And I think those agencies making such an offer sight unseen are engaging in a little grandstanding of their own, perhaps in part to make a point about NJ and its laws. Also, I know several guys from college who went on to join the PD .. and their backgrounds and decision making processes were more than a little questionable. This particular fellow is a the poster child of a choir boy by comparison.

So, on the other hand, this particular guys background seems pretty clean, with his known major transgressions being: forgetting to remove the firearm from his car per NJ law, and being forthright with the arresting LEO.

Sounds like the LEOs might have let this roll (was told to pick it up later), except someone higher up made the decision to prosecute as a second degree felony. I agree that also "not sure some decisions or acts might have been or were always the right ones" ... but on the part of the LEOs and prosecutors as well.

Rusty, I understand your logic in being leery but let's all just revel in this moment of poetic justice for the young man.
just two cents

From the limited facts I know about this case it appears to be a really good thing that he's getting a chance at pursuing his dream in spite of the gun grabbing gestapo in NJ. Here's hoping it works out for him. Sometimes this country is a good place to live.

Post #5....

I agree with post #5 I just think you need to put things into context.
A recent media article I saw stated approx 56% of the applicants fail the polygraph screening of the FHP, Florida Highway Patrol. 56%.

Rusty

I know people can lie when hooked up to a lie detector and get by with it if they know how it works. I've seen it done many times. They are truly a joke.

Polygraphs are as much witchcraft as science. My experience with them is from employment at a SIGINT facility. Taking them (failing the first then passing the second) and seeing the results of other persons passing and failing them has firmly convinced me they are far from infallible.

jamesinalaska said:

This is very good news for the young man in the story.

But why did Governor Christie wait for two years? Did he wait for so long and play with this man's life just so his pardon could have more dramatic impact closer to the Presidential election. Do we really want a man as president who would use another human being in such a way as this to be making ANY decisions for us at all?

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christie will never have my vote, he does far too many things for far too calculated reasons, and i consider him a Democrat.

If he ever becomes a police officer he better think really hard about ever ruining the life of another with a stupid firearms charge.

I appreciate the value of a lie detector test. For me, it was $5000 from Color Tile - as a settlement for a class-action lawsuit. They denied me employment based on bogus results, and they paid big time. Just pure luck I found out about it in time to establish a claim.

Took one two years later for a LEO position, and passed without any problem.