Not sure how many folks have had "problem letters" sent by DPS during the BC, but I'm fighting one now...
2009-04-04 Attended 10 hour classroom instruction, completed written exam
2009-04-06 Completed fingerprinting, completed field proficiency exam
2009-04-07 Mailed application to DPS via USPS w/ delivery confirmation
2009-04-09 Delivery confirmed at DPS by USPS
2009-04-17 Check cashed by DPS
2009-05-30 Received PIN via USPS for checking status online
2009-06-26 Received letter from DPS stating application MAY be denied due to an error when wide background check performed and referenced "attached documentation" which was really just a Post-It note stating I had deliquent property taxes in Dallas County. Apparently, there was another person in 1987 who failed to pay a $20.00 property tax bill on an undeveloped plot of land and who happened to have the same First, MI, Last name as me. When I contacted DPS to explain I was mistaken for someone else, they balked and advised me to have Dallas County issue a "Mistaken Identity" report clearing my name. I then retorted I was 14 years old when the property taxes were due, and they finally agreed to "continue processing my application and would call me if they needed any more information".
2009-07-13 Still no word on status of CHL app with DPS. Website says same "processing application" status as the past several weeks. Called DPS who confirmed problem still existed with my BC. Called both Dallas County Tax Assessor and Dallas County Clerks Office and neither knew anything about a "Mistaken Identity" report. They both acknowledged their respective offices did not keep SSN or TXDL information on file in the 80's for property records, so there would be absolutely no way DPS could have queried using those fields during the BC.
2009-07-15 Mailed letter to DPS requesting they ignore their findings on the deliquent property tax based on two grounds: 1) BC query was too broad and did not use personally identifiable information, 2) I was 14 at the time the taxes became deliquent, which would have been impossible for me to legally own property in Texas. Also, I told them I did a quick people search on the Internet and found 20 different people with my same first name, middle initial, and last name in Texas. I asked them to prove their results excluded all other 19 people with my same name. Also requested they review their BC procedures and controls as this type of loose querying results in what I considered to be a substandard BC.
