I couldnt hire ya at JB or any other the other companies we are recruiting for. But that doesnt mean you cant find a job. It will truly limit your choices in this business. But I talk to drivers with felonies that do have jobs, so someone is hiring them. However, beware. A lot of times when I do talk to a felon who has a job driving a truck, they arent making much. I talked to a driver a few months ago who was a felon..the only job he said he could find paid him 18cpm and made him run illegal. Who knows why he was still driving a truck for so little money? go figure.

 

can someone answer this.??

if i get my record expunged which i think i might be able to will that show up in the DAC??

 

As far as I know, DAC only records "Failed" drug tests. They do not log all drug tests given. I believe most information stays on your DAC for about 7 years, much the same as a credit report. Not all carriers subscribe to DAC. Many run criminal background checks. The fact that the charge had to do with drugs is serious, especially in this profession. If you could manage to have the criminal record expunged, you should be able to have that removed from your DAC report, if it is listed. The failed drug test will likely stay with you for a few more years.

 

yea the drug tests dont worry me ive always passed them i talked to an attorney today about getting my records sealed and they said it would be around 400.00 so i was wondering before i bite the bullet i ask someone who could give me an answer if it will still show up even though its been sealed or expunged

 

I have seen some company applications wich specify that sealed records do not have to be revealed. At your age getting it sealed if you can would be a good idea, you never know what you will be doing several years from now.

 

sheepdancer why couldnt you hire him? jb calls me all the time to go to work and i have a drug felony and they know my past

 

We might be calling you because you are in the system. However if you ever decided to come over here and we ran your criminal history, you would be disqualfied. Technically the recruiter should send you down to our number removal dept when you tell us you have a drug felony. However, some recruiters dont do what they are supposed to do when it comes to things like that.

 

Sheepdancer:

Two matters here.

1.) According to the initial post, the possession offense was not a felony; I misread it the first time, too.

2.) I've been out of the driving business for a while now. Would a simple misdemeanor possession charge, with successful completion of probation keep him from getting a haz-mat endorsement??

 

Sometimes the sealed or expunged thing doesnt work. I have a good buddy who got a possession of stolen property felony when he was 18. He had the records sealed many years ago. Recently, he tried to get a cocieled carry permit and was refused because of that sealed conviction.
I have had drivers who have told me they had a charge that was expunged and it still showed. Hell, one time I had a driver who had a pot felony expunged many years ago. Then he actually worked as a cop for 10 years. We still couldnt hire him. Really dont know how that worked out that way. It might have been because he mentioned it, or it possibly still shows up somewhere.

 

I dont think a misdemeaner would keep him from getting hazmat. However it could keep him from running Canada.
I can "sometimes" work with misdemeaner possession charges. As long as its been at least 5 years since last day of probabtion and everything else is spotless on him.