Arrest but no conviction

[Potato246]

When I was 19, I was arrested for failing to stop, better known as avaiding arrest, which in the state of Texas is considered felony.
I was driving back to my house, a 3 min drive, and later after arriving to my place, cops came and arrested me. No drugs, alcohol nor violence were involved. The case ended with no conviction but there is still a arrest record. I am in the process of sealing it but I am aware that imedical schools and boards are able to view it no matter what. I am not trying to hide it from them, I am just wondering how this will affect me at medical schools, residency and licensing.

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[deleted480308]

If they ask if you were arrested, you say yes
If they ask if you were convicted, you say no.

It won't help but at this point it's too late to stop for the officer so you just apply.

 

[Shjanzey]

It's over. Sorry.

Seriously, give some random med school a call or maybe @Goro or @LizzyM can chime in. With no conviction I don't really think there is an issue.

 

[baxt1412]

why do they think you were evading? not that it matters, because it already happened, but i'm just curious.

 

[Goro]

Having watched enough episodes of Cops, I'm wondering, even at the gentle age of 19, how you could have been so stupid as to not pull over when a police car (a TX police car!) is behind you with the lights flashing and the sirens blaring?????

3 mins from your house or 30, it doesn't matter.

When I was 19, I was arrested for failing to stop, better known as avaiding arrest, which in the state of Texas is considered felony.
I was driving back to my house, a 3 min drive, and later after arriving to my place, cops came and arrested me. No drugs, alcohol nor violence were involved. The case ended with no conviction but there is still a arrest record. I am in the process of sealing it but I am aware that imedical schools and boards are able to view it no matter what. I am not trying to hide it from them, I am just wondering how this will affect me at medical schools, residency and licensing.

 

[baxt1412]

sounds like he had no idea they were looking for him, which begs the question how on earth did they know where to follow him then unless his address was available or something.. idk. it sounds like a weird story but he isn't exactly giving us all the details.

 

[deleted480308]

sounds like he had no idea they were looking for him, which begs the question how on earth did they know where to follow him then unless his address was available or something.. idk. it sounds like a weird story but he isn't exactly giving us all the details.

no arrest/expulsion thread on SDN EVER EVER EVER has all the details... 😉

 

[baxt1412]

no arrest/expulsion thread on SDN EVER EVER EVER has all the details... 😉

WELL DAMNIT THE PEOPLE DEMAND THEM!! 🙂

 

[Dares Dareson]

If they ask if you were arrested, you say yes
If they ask if you were convicted, you say no.

It won't help but at this point it's too late to stop for the officer so you just apply.

This. Don't ever lie or conceal, but if they ask if you are convicted, you say no because you never were. The only exception is that sometimes they ask if charges are pending against you. It sounds like this case is closed, so even then your answer is no.

Also, I don't know why you think the boards have access to everything. Maybe in Texas it's different, but up here only convictions for certain crimes are reported to the State Police database. Someone would have to physically go to the police department wherever the arrest record is stored, and even then I don't know if those records are public, and even then they would have to have some preexisting knowledge about your little police chase adventure. People think there is some big database of every bad thing anyone has ever done, but there really isn't. But again, my advice is to never lie but also keep your answer restricted to the question they ask.

 

[ERK123]

Having watched enough episodes of Cops, I'm wondering, even at the gentle age of 19, how you could have been so stupid as to not pull over when a police car (a TX police car!) is behind you with the lights flashing and the sirens blaring?????

3 mins from your house or 30, it doesn't matter.

Because cops are sometimes complete dinguses to teenagers when they have nothing better to do. They do not need much of a reason to accuse someone of evading arrest, which is probably why he or she was not convicted. The sheriff in my county used to threaten to throw high schoolers in juvenile hall for a month if they were caught in public after 11 pm.

 

[baxt1412]

Because cops are sometimes complete dinguses to teenagers when they have nothing better to do. They do not need much of a reason to accuse someone of evading arrest, which is probably why he or she was not convicted. The sheriff in my county used to threaten to throw high schoolers in juvenile hall for a month if they were caught in public after 11 pm.

Did your county have a curfew? If so, that officer was more than in the right. It sounds like you have a vendetta against the police. I was a teenager and never once got picked on by the "big bully" cops and I went to school in a high crime area (= high cop area) and spent most of my hang out time there as well.

 

[ERK123]

Did your county have a curfew? If so, that officer was more than in the right. It sounds like you have a vendetta against the police. I was a teenager and never once got picked on by the "big bully" cops and I went to school in a high crime area (= high cop area) and spent most of my hang out time there as well.

Yeah my county had a curfew, but the officer was not in the right. Officers cannot just make up arbitrary punishments for rule breaking. I am far past the age where a curfew could affect me and I still think they are ridiculous laws. Parents should have the right to govern when their children need to be home unless the teenagers are doing something that warrants police attention. I do not have a vendetta against police, only the police in the town I grew up in. Almost ever police officer that I have encountered in other areas has been completely professional and pleasant. I did not go to high school in a high crime area, which is why police officers spent more time picking on the petty shenanigans of high schoolers. They had nothing better to do.

 

[NontradCA]

If they ask for conviction you say no. However, fingerprinting will bring up the charge as is- a felony, and then you will have to provide them with the documentation saying there was no conviction.

 

[baxt1412]

Yeah my county had a curfew, but the officer was not in the right. Officers cannot just make up arbitrary punishments for rule breaking. I am far past the age where a curfew could affect me and I still think they are ridiculous laws. Parents should have the right to govern when their children need to be home unless the teenagers are doing something that warrants police attention. I do not have a vendetta against police, only the police in the town I grew up in. Almost ever police officer that I have encountered in other areas has been completely professional and pleasant. I did not go to high school in a high crime area, which is why police officers spent more time picking on the petty shenanigans of high schoolers. They had nothing better to do.

Did you confirm whether or not there was a standard punishment for breaking curfew? Juvi could have been the punishment, in which case, again, the officer was in the right.

Regardless, there are good and bad cops in every area. I also went to college in a town of 10k, so not much for the cops to do there, and never once had an issue. This is all anecdotal, but meh.

 

[ERK123]

Did you confirm whether or not there was a standard punishment for breaking curfew? Juvi could have been the punishment, in which case, again, the officer was in the right.

Regardless, there are good and bad cops in every area. I also went to college in a town of 10k, so not much for the cops to do there, and never once had an issue. This is all anecdotal, but meh.

I think there was a possibility of a fine and that was it. Our college cops were pretty nice. Definitely all anecdotal.

 

[miszfifi820]

Having watched enough episodes of Cops, I'm wondering, even at the gentle age of 19, how you could have been so stupid as to not pull over when a police car (a TX police car!) is behind you with the lights flashing and the sirens blaring?????

3 mins from your house or 30, it doesn't matter.

maybe it was an undercover cop car? In my state, youre actually not required to pull over for a undercover cop

 

[baxt1412]

maybe it was an undercover cop car? In my state, youre actually not required to pull over for a undercover cop

if that was the case, this wouldn't have been an issue.