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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGetting on military bases is about to involve FBI background checks
http://m.nextgov.com/defense/2014/08/getting-military-bases-about-involve-fbi-background-checks/90431/Members of the defense community, starting this Friday, automatically will be screened against the FBI's criminal database when they try enter military installations and pulled aside if the system shows an arrest, felony or outstanding warrant....
The tool will run an FBI background check regardless of "whether you are going to the commissary or to work," Butler told Nextgov during an interview.
For example, he said, if a military employee is caught by police driving under the influence one night, that information will flow into the system, even if the employee fails to report it to DOD. The guard at the base will get a red flag, stop the employee from entering, and then law enforcement will study the situation further.
IMESA only has the ability to search FBI records right now, but the plan is to loop in law enforcement records from state and local jurisdictions eventually.
Is it 1984 yet?
This may not seem like a big deal to civilians -- on the mainland, at least. On O'ahu, a number of public schools are on-base. And TheBus runs to them. How long will it take to background-check everyone on a bus?
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Getting on military bases is about to involve FBI background checks (Original Post)
KamaAina
Aug 2014
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TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)1. Good. Having raised my kids on military bases, criminals shouldn't
be allowed access, it's that simple.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)3. "Criminals" would include people arrested during demonstrations.
How simple is that?
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)5. If you have a criminal record, of any kind, why would it hurt to have
personnel at the gate take a look at it?
Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)2. State & Local records should already be in NICS
They are certainly supposed to be, because NICS is what is used to run the background check when a person buys a firearm from a FFL dealer.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)4. Seems a might bit redundant.
I would think the initial and periodic security clearance evaluations would take care of that.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)6. And I must drive my elderly mother to a military hospital
Will I to be subject to an FBI background check as well??
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)7. Now you're getting the point