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Pennsylvania · Through 2026-07-29 (Statute Update stamp, 44 Pa.C.S.)

44 Pa.C.S. § 7311: Hiring report.

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  1. Title 44 - LAW AND JUSTICE
  2. PART IV OTHER OFFICERS AND OFFICIALS
  3. CHAPTER 73 LAW ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS AND EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION

(a) Information required to be reported.--If a prospective employing law enforcement agency hires an applicant whose separation records includes any of the following, the law enforcement agency shall file a report with the commission that indicates the prospective employing law enforcement agency's reasoning and rationale for hiring the applicant:

(1) Final and binding disciplinary action based on any of the following:

(i) excessive force;

(ii) harassment;

(iii) theft;

(iv) discrimination;

(v) sexual abuse;

(vi) sexual misconduct;

(vii) domestic violence;

(viii) coercion of a false confession;

(ix) filing a false report; or

(x) a judicial finding of dishonesty.

(2) A criminal conviction relating to conduct described in paragraph (1).

(b) Electronic database of commission.--

(1) The hiring report shall be included in the commission's electronic database.

(2) The hiring report shall be on a form developed by the commission and made available on the commission's publicly accessible Internet website.

(c) Subject to disclosure.--The hiring report shall be subject to disclosure under the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right-to-Know Law.

Collected 2026-09-02T16:33:23Z. Source file · JSON

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