Q: Is a police incidient in Little Elm, TX public record and easily accessible to anyone?
My wife called the cops on me, as I had a gun I was moving to a brand new safe that was purchased. When the cops came, they questioned her and me, and she pressed no charges after they realized nothing had occurred, other than her freaking out. I am looking to get a new job, and my fear is this will show up on a background check, even though no charges were committed against me, but I'm fearful a new employer may take this into account if I were to have a background check, and I would lose the opportunity. Do I need to worry about this?
A:
Unless you were arrested, it is unlikely this incident would appear on a background check in 2018. There is almost certainly a record of it somewhere, so it is hard to predict what will appear on a background check 20 years from now... but today you mostly have to worry about situations that go a bit further than you described, for example: arrests, warrants, judgements, citations, etc.
You might want to ask the law enforcement agency for a copy of their incident report that says you did nothing wrong. You could then show it in the unlikely event that anyone asks about it. The cops can probably look it up by the street address and approximate date.
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