Hi YouTube welcome back to my channel today’s video we’re gonna be talking about a criminal record or criminal background and wanting to join an organization I’ve gotten this question a couple of times some different people and I didn’t answer it at first because I wanted to know the legality behind it
Before I answer it it’s so after attending area I got some insight and basically these are my thoughts on if you’re in that situation mind you what I say is not gold this is just something based off of my perceptive perception and what I’ve learned so you can take a
Quick with a grain of salt or you can heed my words but I didn’t want to leave the topic open for discussion because I do think that it is something that should be mentioned if you’re interested in joining an organization so without further ado let’s go ahead and get into this video
So I’ve had different scenarios thrown at me like what to do if you have a misdemeanor what to do if you have a criminal record like you’ve actually done something and it’s on your record or what to do if you’ve been arrested and it’s not on your record but you were
Arrested and then you’re still you’re still a student or even if you’re not a student if you did something while you were an undergrad and you’re trying to join in Grand Chapter what do you do from my perspective what I’ve learned based off of my research every
Organization is going to ask you whether you’ve participated in criminal activity what the section is called varies depending on the organization that you want to join but they will ask you if you have a background in criminal or if you have a criminal background not to
Say that it could be something that is serious but every organization will ask you do you have a criminal record to a certain extent they’ll X that type of question and my only response to that is to be honest don’t try to hide anything the chapters themselves cannot conduct a
Criminal background check on you however if you’re in school they do have a Student Conduct board and if your name was ever mentioned on a Student Conduct board be it mentioned by other people or the organization’s themselves look into it they can’t ask for your actual record
But that type of information is it’s going to come out so it’s best to be honest when you’re doing your application explain what happened being a misdemeanor be it a warning being an arrest anything be honest in your application because it will hurt you in the long run if you’re not honest
That’s not to say that with you being honest that they’re still going to choose you or do being honest they’re not going to choose you I don’t know what the outcome is going to be but I do know that honesty is the best policy when you’re looking to join an
Organization you want to tell them everything that you could possibly tell them about yourselves because they’re going to link in to that information and if you don’t have a background you have nothing to worry about like if you have done absolutely nothing don’t worry about it however
If you have a criminal background and you put that on your application they’re going to ask you to explain it and with you explaining it that could be something as far as an incident report a letter from the school a letter from the conduct board a letter from the county
Sheriff’s office I don’t know I don’t know what evidence they’re gonna ask you to provide I do know that with saying yes more paperwork will be required and by more paperwork that means more time is going to be required for them to look into what you’ve presented to them and
For them to come to a decision based off of the information that you presented to them I can’t say like I said I can’t state whether or not you saying yes will hinder you from joining or will prevent you from joining but it will hinder your process it will postpone
Your process because they’re looking at extra paperwork now so it’s best to just get it out the way explain what happened as best your ability provided as much evidence as possible because they’re going to look into it they’re going to need that information right away some organizations are under a timeline so if
You know that you have a record if you know that that’s something that’s going to come up in your application make sure that you already have that information available get your printouts get your paperwork get your letters get your reports all the stuff that you think you would need and already have that
Information ready because what’s going to happen when you get ready to submit your application they’re going to Xer that stuff anyways that’s the more time that you have to spend collecting that information to send it off so if you already know that you have a record being a misdemeanor an arrest warning
Whatever get it in writing get your reports ready so that when you submit your application you already have that stuff that they’re going to export in the future whether or not they export right then and there x4 after you submit your application it depends on the organization I’m pretty sure they’re
Going to want that information right away so already have it prepared already have it ready so that you can send off with your application if need be to avoid anything hindering your process in that regard the only thing that will slow you up after that is their decision
Like it’s going to take them time to decide if they want you know organization or not with that being said I can’t predict what’s going to happen if you tell them about your situation if you tell them about what you were involved in that’s completely up to the organization but
The important thing is you’re being honest I think that’s the most important thing to take away from it if you’re not honest then they’re not going to trust you anyways because they’re asking you things upfront and you’re lying about it or you’re omitting it which is the same
Thing as lying and who will want someone in our organization who lies so that’s my take on that did I have anything else to say about that someone X I think if they got a warning and the warning just got around school like possession I guess would be
Something you’d get a warning about depending on where you are made possession or drinking or something like that you know stupid things that we do in college if you do something like that and it gets around school that’s not a criminal act depending on where you are however if word gets around
You probably don’t just want to explain that anyways get it in writing always get everything in writing it’s called cover you’re behind on what was the outcome of it what were the consequences what what did you have to do – what I’m looking for yeah I study criminal justice and I
Can’t find my words what did you do as a form of rehabilitation not rehabilitation that’s not what I’m looking for what is the word I’m looking for what did you do as a result of your crime like what did you have to do to give back that type of stuff make sure
That you have that stuff documented so that you can provide it when necessary but those are my thoughts on what to do if you have a criminal record what I say is not gold this is just my opinion on it it doesn’t guarantee whether you’re in or out it’s just important that
You’re honest about it and that you tell them what happened and why you know what was the result because they’re gonna it comes out like they’re gonna find this stuff out anyways same thing with if you’re joining in grant chapter if you did in it undergrad they asked the same
Questions whether you’re an undergrad or grad chapter and if you were an adult and you had a record and it has nothing to do with you being in college they’re still going to ask you to provide further information and explain what happened and why so make sure you already have that information
Available so that when you’re ready to submit your application and grant chapter all that stuff is already there some people have electronic applications some people have paper applications so you got out of the mailing or scanning in so whichever one is you make sure that you already have it available so
That you can avoid losing time by waiting on that stuff to come in make sure did you already have it if any of you guys have ever experienced anything like this please comment below let other people know what your experience was what happened I never had a record when
I got ready to join an organization so I never experienced that but if anybody did and you have something to add please put it in the comments below if you guys found this video helpful give me a thumbs up if you’re not already subscribed but you should be you should
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