By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The FBI is no longer vetting arrest records from states in an apparent violation of federal regulations that require the bureau to exclude from its database “nonserious” arrests and convictions, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The database is used by the government to conduct background checks on job applicants.
Some “nonserious” crimes are, such as curfew violations and public drunkenness, are ending up in the database.
Vetting the records for crime severity “impractical,” said Jeremy Wiltz, deputy assistant director in the FBI’s Information Services Branch.
The database includes nearly 80 million people, and the FBI last year conducted 30 million criminal background checks.
