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txinvestigator wrote:

78641 wrote:If the DPS is doing the background checks for the individual counties, why are some counties consistently slower than others?

Assuming DPS took the full 30 days to get my stuff to the counties in question, those counties have had 42 days to do something you are saying can be a one day job.

A one day job for me, with one person to check.

I imagine the DPS person in those areas has a lot on their plate. I imagine they don't get to every county on the first day they get an app.

I think that is in line with what I was thinking. I know the DPS officer I talked to a few weeks ago was not just assigned to "CHL duty". He has his hands full with the normal responsibilities of a DPS officer and was given the additional chore of doing the local background checks as well. I do not know what is involved in the investigation process, but if expedience is at all dependent on the county records being computerized, most of East Texas may be "lacking".

I don't think I've seen it mentioned here on the TexasCHLforum, but I think it would be good for someone more knowledgeable than myself to explain the local/county involvement in the process. I do know that the background check involves the applicant's local/county DPS officer assigned to the CHL background investigation duties. There are obviously a lot of steps involved, a lot of individual people in the mix, and a whole lot of movement of data from one place to another. My guess, from talking to the DPS officer handling the background checks in my county, is that the local involvement can "slow" the entire process due to workload.