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Board upholds sheriff’s denial of card-room employee permit after applicant failed to list an arrest
Summary
A card-room employee permit appeal was denied after the sheriff’s office reported the applicant did not disclose an arrest on the application; the county found the arrest was later converted to a detention but the conversion letter arrived after the applicant applied for the permit.
Angela Sterling of the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office briefed the supervisors that the department denied a card-room employee work permit application because the applicant indicated on the form that she had ‘‘never been arrested,’’ but a background check showed an arrest on December 28, 2024. Sterling said the department’s denial relied on County Code section 9.450.130(d) for false statements on the application.
The applicant provided a detention certificate showing the arrest had been converted by the law enforcement agency to a detention (no filing by the district attorney). County staff said the conversion notice from law enforcement did not reach the applicant until January 16, 2025 — after the applicant had filed the county permit application (December 30, 2024). County staff said the timing mattered because an arrest remains recorded until a filing decision from the district attorney and an administrative conversion is recorded.
Public comment urged compassion and noted the applicant’s statement that the incident involved domestic-violence-related circumstances and that the later conversion removed the arrest from criminal-history records. Commenters asked the board to weigh rehabilitative and fairness considerations.
After discussion, the board voted to deny the appeal and to uphold the Sheriff’s Office decision. County staff said the applicant may reapply and that any future application would reflect that the matter has been treated as a detention by the law enforcement agency.
Ending
Board action upheld the sheriff’s denial on the ground of the undisclosed arrest at the time of application; county staff noted applicants who later receive detention-only status will not have the arrest appear on criminal-history checks and may reapply in the future.
