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@What Now
Let's assume for the sake of argument there had been a background check done on Brian Walters...thats a "worst case scenario" because it means the county IGNORED information in his records which told them he was a convicted felon and a thief and hired him anyway.
Personally, ignoring the policy manual and just hiring him is actually preferable to knowingly hiring someone who has stolen in the past, was convicted and served time for it and you hire him giving him the opportunity to do it again.