Becoming a Police Officer with a Juvenile Record

**glmrgrl007** · 02-02-2009, 09:23 AM

My question involves criminal records for the state of: Maryland

Ok, I was arrested when I was 16 for possesion of CDS (pot) which was put on a stet docket then I got a DUI when I was 17 which I lost my license for 5 mos. My driving record does not classify it as a DUI, but as a refusal to take a sobriety test. I was ordered to go to out patient rehab and put on probation for 1 year. I cleaned up my act and am now 25, I have had 2 speeding tickets since but that is all. Will my juvenile record keep me from becoming an officer?

**cyjeff** · 02-02-2009, 09:30 AM

They may.

Were they expunged when you became 18?

**glmrgrl007** · 02-02-2009, 11:29 AM

I don't know if they were. How would I find out?

**aaron** · 02-02-2009, 12:07 PM

Read this.

Quoting When are juvenile records expunged (deleted)? What do I have to do to get them expunged?

A: Juvenile records may not be expunged. At the end of a juvenile case, upon request, the court may seal the juvenile court files. If a youth that was charged as an adult successfully seeks to have the case transferred to the juvenile court, and the State's Attorney declines to file a delinquency petition, or a delinquency petition is filed but the court enters a finding of "No facts sustained," the records from the original adult court proceeding may be expunged. A person who wishes to have court records expunged must file a petition for expungement with the court.

Juvenile records maintained by the Department of Juvenile Services remain confidential under the Juvenile Causes Act, §3-828.

Whether or not a police agency will hold your juvenile record against you will depend upon agency policy.