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22APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT
The City of Boise is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. It is our policy to recruit, hire
and promote qualified and qualifiable persons without regard to race, sex, religion, national origin, age or
disability.
Give special attention to experience relative to the job in which you are applying. Be specific and thorough.
Include all relevant temporary, part-time or volunteer work.
Instructions for Completing
Personal History Statement Form
The Boise Police Department
influence of that drug. In such cases, do not identify the drug in
requires that you personally complete
question.
this form. Please note that your ability
For questions regarding the use of illegal drugs, remember
to complete this form in a neat, timely,
that the legal term “possession” includes any use whatsoever.
and accurate fashion is a part of the
Possession includes using, experimenting with, trying, ingesting,
background investigation process. It is
smoking, injecting or being under the influence of illegal drugs.
your responsibility to make sure that you
It also includes drugs that were in your possession, in your
have read and understood each question,
clothing or in your car, even if you did not “use” them on that
occasion. Possession specifically would include substances you
and that you have answered truthfully and completely.
The Department uses this form, among other things, to
thought were illegal drugs when you possessed them, even if they
determine your legal qualifications for the position for which
subsequently turned out to be harmless.
you are applying. In addition the Boise Police Department has
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an obligation to itself and to the citizens of its service area to
All applicants applying for employment with the Boise
ensure that persons who are not qualified for this position will be
Police Department, are required to disclose their prior
excluded lawfully from further consideration.
involvement in illegal acts. You are required to disclose acts
If there is not enough room to answer a question, use the
that you have committed even if you were never caught,
lined pages (19-20) at the end of the Personal History Statement.
arrested or prosecuted. In many cases, your responses will be
Be sure to provide the number of the question you are answering.
subject to verification by polygraph examination. Inconsistent
Because it differs from some of the Personal History Statements
statements you make in this document and during your polygraph
forms with which you already may be familiar, you should use
undoubtedly will result in your disqualification.
care in answering the questions on this form. You may not attach
You are required to answer questions about misdemeanors
portions of other Personal History Statement forms, resumes, or
and felonies you may have committed at any time in your life.
applications in substitution for information required on this form.
With respect to questions about legal processes initiated
Please be as specific as possible in your answers. Also
against you (detentions, arrests, plea bargains, diversions and/
remember that there is no such thing as a perfect person or perfect
or convictions), you may have a legal right to answer “No”
candidate. As your prospective employer, we are not looking for
to certain of these questions. You should consult with your
perfection; rather, we want an open and honest opportunity to
attorney if you feel that you may be legally entitled to deny these
evaluate your qualifications fairly for this position.
processes under the law.
You are responsible for the accuracy of information on this
form. It is your responsibility to make certain that the information
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is complete and correct. Please note that deliberate misstatements
You are encouraged to make a copy of your completed
or omissions on this form will result in your application being
form for your own records. Your completed form is treated as a
rejected, regardless of the nature or reason for the misstatements/
highly confidential document and will not be shared with anyone
omissions. Read questions thoroughly before answering. If you
outside of the Boise Police Department. The original, signed form
do not understand a question, ask any staff member in Personnel
becomes a permanent part of your background file and will not be
to clarify the question for you.
released to any other party without your signed authorization or
by order of a competent court.
Illegal drugs
Mail or bring all documents to Police Personnel at the
When responding to questions about any prior use of illegal
following address. If you have any questions, contact Police
drugs, you should identify the drug or controlled substance used,
Personnel.
when you last used the drug, and the number of times used... that
BOISE POLICE DEPARTMENT
is the only information required. Do not furnish any identifying
Attn: Police Personnel Unit
information about controlled substances that are lawfully
333 N. Mark Stall Place • Boise, Idaho 83704
prescribed to you, unless you were arrested for driving under the
Phone: (208) 570-6100
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