Balcones Heights Police Department Personal History Statement
BHPD 04/19/2013 TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
STANDARDS AND EDUCATION
PHS 2/15/12
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AGREEMENT FORM
I understand that the City may require applicants for certain positions to satisfactorily complete additional mental tests,
physical agility tests, and or specific skill tests for job related functions prior to employment. I understand that the City requires all
persons receiving an offer of employment with the City to take a urinalysis and or blood test for drug and alcohol screening as part of
an employment physical examination, and that any offer of employment with the City of Balcones Heights is conditional upon the
results. If I am involved in an on the job accident, or if the City has reasonable suspicion that I am under the influence of drugs or
alcohol, I hereby authorize the release of the results of any physical examinations or drug and or alcohol tests required herein to the
City of Balcones Heights, Texas. I further understand that the City may inspect all desks, lockers, and any bags, including purses or
briefcase or parcels brought into or taken out of the work place, and that my refusal to submit to an urinalysis and or blood test or
search, when requested to do so, may result in the termination of my employment.
I understand and agree that any employee handbook which I may receive will not constitute any employment contact, but will
be merely a gratuitous statement of the City’s current policies. I understand and agree that neither the acceptance of this application
nor the subsequent entry into any type of employment relationship, either in the position applied for or any other position, and
regardless of the contents of employee handbooks, personnel manuals, benefit plans, policy statements, and the like as they may exist
from time to time, or other customary practices, shall serve to create an actual or implied contact or employment, or to confer any right
to remain an employee of the City of Balcones Heights, Texas. The City of Balcones Heights is an employment-at-will relationship
between it and the undersigned, and that relationship cannot be altered except by a written instrument signed by the Mayor of the City.
Both the undersigned and the City of Balcones Heights, Texas, may end the employment relationship at any time, without specific
notice or reason, and without liability by the City of Balcones Heights, Texas to the undersigned except for earned wages or salary.
A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION WILL BE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE YOUR QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE
POSITION OF POLICE OFFICER, RESERVE POLICE OFFICER, OR TELECOMMUNICATOR. TO A GREAT EXTENT, YOUR
EMPLOYMENT WILL DEPEND ON INFORMATION OBTAINED IN CONFIDENTIAL INTERVIEWS WITH PERSONS WITH
WHOM YOU HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED. THEREFORE, SUCH INFORMATION IS CONFIDENTIAL AND THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT CANNOT REVEAL THE REASON OF REJECTION FOR THOSE APPLICANTS WHO ARE NOT ACCEPTED
FOR EMPLOYMENT. IF THE REASONS FOR YOUR NON-ACCEPTANCE ARE OF A TEMPORARY NATURE WHEREBY
YOU COULD BE ACCEPTED AT A LATER DATE, YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED.
I HEREBY STATE THE INFORMATION GIVEN BY ME IN THIS APPLICATION IS TRUE IN ALL RESPECTS. I
UNDERSTAND THAT IF EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF BALCONES HEIGHTS AND THE INFORMATION IS FOUND TO BE
FALSE IN ANY RESPECT, I WILL BE SUBJECT TO DISMISSAL WITHOUT NOTICE AT ANY TIME.
I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE ABOVE STATEMENTS.
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SIGNATURE OF APPLICANT
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DATE:
Subscribed and sworn to before me this __________ DAY OF ____________________. 20______________
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SEAL N O T A R Y P U B L I C
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES: ________________________________