I Renewed My Carry Permit Today

[PegLeg45]

No point in a new finger print FQ, they don't change.

You're paying for the check, not the print. No need for new prints, just someone to run it again.
FQ13

The background check cost me $53, which goes to the GBI for doing the actual check. The only real reason for being re-fingerprinted after 20 years was because Georgia is going to electronic files. It was the most time consuming part because I had to go to a different location from the courthouse and the machine didn't want to pick up the scans. The lady kept having to reset and re-scan because the computer had to "recognize" a certain amount of print area. Even with all that, less than an hour.

The electronic stuff actually sped up receiving my permit too. Used to take about 4 weeks to get it in the mail after all the paperwork and such. This time, I got it in 6 days.

Georgia passed legislation a while back that set time limits on the process. There have been several legal suits  in some counties around Atlanta because they like to drag their feet in the process (anti gun sentiment).

[david86440]

Actually the one thing I don't dislike about where I live here in California is going to the Sheriff's Dept for my CCW and renewals or changes.

They are actually friendly, courteous, prompt, I actually sent an email to the Sutter County Sheriff saying that he has a really great staff and they should be commended.

Albeit, one of them was recently arrested on suspicion of embezzling, but I never dealt with her.

A former Sutter County Sheriff's Department civilian clerk was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of embezzling $90,000 from the department, Sheriff J. Paul Parker said.

Lorinda Palafox Barrera, 46, who lives on Lariat Lane in Olivehurst, was booked into Sutter County Jail and will be arraigned today in Sutter County Superior Court.

Barrera was fired in December after an internal audit revealed discrepancies. She had worked for the department since 2002, said Parker.

While working in the department's civil division, Barrera pocketed cash paid by the public for permits and fingerprinting, then manipulated bank deposit slips, Parker said.

The thefts allegedly occurred between 2006 and 2008.

After Barrera was fired, a lengthy investigation began, including retrieval of old bank records. An outside forensic auditor assisted, Parker said.

Discovering the thefts through the department's own internal audit "doesn't assuage the pain," according to Parker, who said he feels "horrible."

"We are very saddened and feel betrayed that an employee who was granted public trust violated that trust," he said.