DISQUALIFICATION BASED ON COLLEGE ROOMMATE SELLING DRUGS REVERSED
Chicago Police Applicant K.R. was disqualified for several reasons from the application process of the Chicago Police Department. The department ruled that applicant "had a lack of respect for authority" based upon his own admission that his college roommate was rumored to sell drugs. Also, the department found that applicant's polygraph report found that applicant committed "serious crimes." A hearing was held and it was discovered that the "serious crimes" included: trespassing on railroad tracks with his bicycle when he was 13 years old; climbing onto a neighbor's garage; trespassing on a golf course as a child while chasing deer and/or sledding. Thankfully, the hearing officer and the Human Resource Board properly held that the disqualification was ridiculous considering the disqualifying conduct "was extremely trivial." Applicant K.R., a college graduate with an excellent work history and no criminal background, was immediately returned to the application process. 15 HRB 115 (2016)