Started the process about a month ago. Got fingerprinted and everything. I didn't quite realize what my next step was so about a week ago I realized I still needed to go to the local cop shop.
Submitted local fee and application changed to "awaiting ISP approval" on 4/15
Still waiting as of 4/22. Will update upon approval.
5/3... still waiting...
5/28... Still waiting
Not at the 60 day mark yet but I did send an email. It was longer and more respectful but the gist went something like
"hey just checking on my app, I know it's first come first serve and we haven't broken 60 days yet but my local club requires a permit to use their range so I'm just checking on status or seeing if there's anything you can do to move this along."
Response was a one liner canned email response "I've checked on your app and it hasn't been processed yet. Please give another 3-5 business weeks for processing"
I responded nicely but a little sharp with basically "yeah I know it isn't processed yet, I said that. I was hoping my app could be pulled and rubber stamped since my record is clean and it wouldn't require much to finalize but I see that's not possible. I would hope your quote of another 3-5 business weeks is inaccurate because the top end of that timeframe would put us past the originally quoted timeframe of 60 days"
So, I didn't get anywhere with it. I didn't expect to, it is a first come, first serve service. I was just curious how it would go.
Obviously something changed or there's been a huge uptick in permit request because from January to March everything was going fairly quickly and, starting in April, everything slowed way down.
Edit:
6/5 I'm very close to the 60 day mark. Decided to call and get some info. They informed me that a completely clean background will be 3-4 weeks but because I had an arrest when I was 18 (I am 32 now) it will "need to be checked and verified". I actually put this on the application, it was a misdemeanor, and I assumed it would be as simple as looking at the arrest, seeing the word "misdemeanor", and going forward. I guess it's much more involved than that.
I still don't understand why a completely clean record will take 21 days but a 14 year old arrest that is in the system and is easily identifiable as an arrest that would not affect this permit adds over 60 days onto the application.
Inexcusable, it shouldn't take an extra 2 months to verify a record.
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