Recently, I read a thread on o.com about whether or not it is illegal for someone to run a background check on themself. Here is my question. I am currently doing an internship at my local PD (I am in highschool, and it is a good way to get my foot in the door), and I have access to the arrest records of nearly everybody in town. While using the data software to do legitimate work (I was logging some information for the detectives), I looked at my own arrest record a couple of times (I knew there wasn't anything there, I was just curious). A different time, I ran across the name of somebody I thought I knew (same name, different person), and, after realizing my mistake, I went BACK into that same person's record and looked again. I also ran my father's name through the computer just to see the NAME pop up, but then I accidentally (it was an accident) clicked on it.
Will this be a problem later in life (approx. 5 years) when I go to apply to departments (keep in mind that I never talked to any of the people about looking at their records, and I never gave away any personal information)? Or will it just be looked upon as "being a teenager"? (I plan on disclosing it and being honest, of course.) Everybody at the station has said I have been doing a fantastic job, but this still worries me.
Thanks
Will this be a problem later in life (approx. 5 years) when I go to apply to departments (keep in mind that I never talked to any of the people about looking at their records, and I never gave away any personal information)? Or will it just be looked upon as "being a teenager"? (I plan on disclosing it and being honest, of course.) Everybody at the station has said I have been doing a fantastic job, but this still worries me.
Thanks
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