[MR] Safety

[Roy B. Scherer]

At 12:50 AM 8/22/2011, David Chessler wrote:
>all adults in
>leadership positions have to supply a police statement of "good conduct."

David -
         Sounds good on the surface, but my Cub Scout days were long 
before this was recognised as an issue, so seens to me that there a 
number of questions.
         What in the world is 'a police statement of "good conduct"'?
         Would someone who has been arrested in the past for things 
like smoking dopeor sneaking bus/subway rides -- or hitch-hiking -- 
be disqualified?
         Who pays the cops for doing the paperwork?
         Who convinces the PD's attorney that this is OK, even though 
they might get sued if someone for whom they've issued such a 
statement goes ahead and commits an offense anyway?
-- Britton

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