Question concerning felons being friends with police officers

[concerned78]

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[Switchback]

True.
You can pick your friends, but not family. Felons who are family are "ok", though there are still issues. Felons that are friends are a "no-go".

[G35 Mass]

Here's three possibilities:

1) Your friendship with him causes him to be DQed from getting the job. You won't be friends after that.

2) He severs friendship with you now, and has no problem getting the job.

3) He gets on the job, and severs your friendship because he doesn't want to hang around with sh*tbags.

What's the common denominator?

[retdetsgt]

Ours is a little different, you can't be associated with people involved in criminal activity. A felony conviction and end of sentence 10 years ago may not be that big a problem if your husband has straightened out, has a decent job, etc., etc. If he's still living on the edge, it could reek havoc on your friend's husband's chances.

And it depends on what the conviction was for and how close is the association? Is the friendship primarily between you and his wife? We would look at the totality of the situation, not just the applicant has a wife who's friends with a guy who was convicted of a felony and finished his time 10 years ago.

I can't speak for any other department, but with us, it's not all that black ans white.

[concerned78]

Thank you retdetsgt and Switchback for your time and civility. I appreciate your answers. Just be clear I am friends with the soon the be officer's wife. Our husbands only occasionally interact.
My spouse was convicted of a drug possession felony. As a side note to those that feel my husband and I are trash, I completely believe he deserved the punishment he received and he admits what he did was wrong. He has not been in trouble since that conviction, has held a job and has received a college education. My spouse is also working on expunging his charge.
Do expungments make a difference?

[retdetsgt]

Do expungments make a difference?

Yes, it would be helpful, not only for this but the rest of his life. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I don't see it as a big deal at all. In fact, a ex partner of mine married a woman who had been arrested and convicted of drug possession. She never used drugs nor even drank alcohol after that event. She got the charge expunged before they got married and it never caused a blip in his career.

[ET109]

Where I work is concerned about ongoing criminal activity as well... although if you are living with a felon it's a different story.