At FBI, history of hiring prostitutes may not be employment barrier
Summary
The FBI has changed some background check rules for hiring agents and employees. Now, people who admit to hiring sex workers or stealing from employers under certain conditions might still be allowed to work for the agency.Key Facts
- The FBI no longer automatically disqualifies applicants who admit to hiring prostitutes if it happened fewer than three times and not within the past 10 years.
- Prostitution may be allowed if it occurred in places where it is legal.
- People in positions of public trust who solicited sex are still automatically disqualified.
- Stealing from an employer is not an automatic disqualification if it happened more than three years ago.
- Past acts of bestiality or animal cruelty may be considered if they occurred before age 18.
- Changes were made in June and communicated in an internal FBI memo.
- The FBI wants to evaluate candidates more fully instead of rejecting them for certain past behaviors.
- Some former agents have concerns that relaxing standards could lower hiring quality.
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