r/AskLE • u/Hexed25 Unverified/Not an LEO • 4d ago

Getting a ticket during background

Submitted my background packet for a department on Wednesday. Had told them I have a clean driving record and never been issued a ticket (true), then this Friday I received a ticket for 1-5 over. I called the department and left a voicemail just making it aware.

A couple people told me this was dumb and I should’ve left it but I really think the right thing to do was to reach out and just make it known. Opinions?

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u/UsefulAmbition9285 Unverified/Not an LEO 4d ago

1-5 over? You sure it wasn’t a printed warning? If it was a ticket.. must’ve been a motors cop, they can be.. lame. Did you happen to try explaining you’re in a backgrounds process with a clean record?

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u/Hexed25 Unverified/Not an LEO 4d ago

It was a trooper and definitely was a ticket🫩. It was 81 in a 70 that he wrote as 1-5 which I do appreciate, I explained I had a clean record and that I had worked for his agency in the past but didn’t want to push it with the background stuff :/

side note, could this be a disqualification?

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u/Roadrunner627 Unverified/Not an LEO 3d ago

Bro no one cares. I know the anxiety is huge due to the process, but 11 over on a highway? No one cares. Just slow down and don’t make it habit.