Police Background Inestigators........

Question

I am currently going through backgrounds with a police department in CA. One of the questions on the background packet is if I have ever been accused by a co-worker of being racist....I had been accused of this. THING IS ITS NOT TRUE! My aunt had passed away and when I went into work, I was really quite and she assumed the reason I wasn't speaking was because I found out she was jewish....I explained to her what the case was. I was never disciplined by the employer.....no re-training no write up no nothing....IS THIS DAMAGING TO MY BACKGROUND?

Answer 1

Accusations are not normally damaging.

A single accusation shouldn't be serious at all. If you had more than one accusation, and they were at more than one employer, then you would have a serious issue.

Answer 2

You need to relax and to learn how to relax if you do not want to get on the police department and have a heart attack in about 2 years.  You will have people on your background who will say bad things about you, this is not unexpected.  As long as the investigator does not discover you were lying to him/her or that you committed a disqualifying offense you should be fine.  Now remember what I told you! Learn how to relax, you will live longer and enjoy your job a lot more.