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Expert: Eric Potts - 5/5/2010


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I'm applying for a police job and was having a hard time getting my history of traffic tickets.  I got a certified copy of my driving record but it has no record of anything.  I know I've had tickets in the past so I need to state this on my application.  I live in Illinois. I also need to find out my brothers arrest history.  Is there any legit websites to look these up? I've tried netdetective.com and haven't been able to even find my brothers addresses (no results found is stated).  thanks for your response.

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I would never recommend a site to look up someones history or background. Some sites are not reputable and I can not be responsible for any information provided by you that would lead to that information being used for something other then what it was intended.

I do not know the laws of Illinois and would recommend you ask your local Police Deaprtment for any information they might be better able to provide you.

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Eric Potts

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I am a Veteran of The United States Army where I served as a Military Police Officer for 6 years and have been a Municipal Police Officer for 20 years. I am a certified Arson Investigator, as well as a certified Community Police Officer. I am a DARE teacher in the local schools. I am a Defensive Driving Instructor and worked for years as a Detective specializing in White Collar Crime. I'm qualified to answer general law enforcement questions, general procedure questions (all departments have different rules and regulations. I can answer questions about how to become a law enforcement officer, and questions that might help someone understand why an officer acted a certain way. I am also a Police Suicide Awareness trainer and a member of the NJ Critical Incident Response Team. PLEASE DO NOT ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO SWAT-I AM NOT QUALIFIED TO ANSWER THEM AND WILL REJECT THOSE QUESTIONS.

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I have 27 years total Law Enforcement experience in a wide range of areas. I have worked as a Detective and a Patrolman and have made well over 2,000 arrests in my career.

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Graduated from the United States Army Military Police School Basic Law Enforcement Training Arson Investigators School DARE Officer Training Interview and Interrogation School Police Suicide and Awareness Trainer

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