Wait time for police check card in Lower Merion?

[Bell X-1]

I looked at Lower Merion's website and saw nothing about a $25 fee. Did they ask for that when you dropped it off?

Yes, when I dropped off the check card form they asked for the $25 at that point and gave me a receipt as well.

[mmi]

i would wait the 45 days for spite

[HiredGoon]

[Remington788]

On that, I agree with Hired Goon.

As many here know, I have no problem with the Sheriff checking with the applicant's local police to see if there are any undocumented issues. Montco is too big for the Sheriff to know everyone.

I do not even have a problem with dropping off the letter at the local Police Dept and picking it up a few days later. After all, the sheriff is going to check with them, may as well speed up the process.

I DO have a problem with the local Police Dept charging a citizen a fee to tell another law enforcement officer that the applicant is or is not an upstanding citizen.

So what if Officer Bob from Lower Merion bumps into Officer Rick from Radnor in a donut shop on Township Line Rd, and Citizen Charlie walks in open carrying. Rick says to Bob; "Hey, look at that. Do you know him?"

Rick says "Maybe I do and maybe I don't. Gimme $25 and I will tell you".

[twency]

Yes, when I dropped off the check card form they asked for the $25 at that point and gave me a receipt as well.

This is outrageous. By state law the fee to apply for a LTCF is $20. Period. You're paying more than double the fee required by law (total of $20 + $25) because the sheriff is breaking the law, and Lower Merion PD is not only going along with it but charging you for the privilege.

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I do not even have a problem with dropping off the letter at the local Police Dept and picking it up a few days later. After all, the sheriff is going to check with them, may as well speed up the process.
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The OP's experience is exactly why you should have a problem with it. Any deviation from the state-mandated procedure is the camel's nose under the tent leading to the kind of ridiculous overcharging described above. There's a good reason that state law says the application is to be uniform across the state.

[HiredGoon]

The sheriff would get around it by saying that they are charging only $20 for the license.

What/if the PD charges for a "background check" is out of their hands

[BimmerJon]

The sheriff would get around it by saying that they are charging only $20 for the license.

What/if the PD charges for a "background check" is out of their hands

This isn't hard. The application process does not dictate a police check card being a burden of the applicant. If the SHERIFF wants to get it, THEY can do it and THEY can pay for it.

This is not hard

[tacticalreload]

This isn't hard. The application process does not dictate a police check card being a burden of the applicant. If the SHERIFF wants to get it, THEY can do it and THEY can pay for it.

This is not hard

It's not a requirement so, if they ask and you comply, it's nothing more than just a request. The police can't forcefully just rip off your underwear and shove a Surefire up your turd cutter; but if you voluntarily consent to a cavity search, there aren't any civil rights violations.

[Remington788]

This isn't hard. The application process does not dictate a police check card being a burden of the applicant. If the SHERIFF wants to get it, THEY can do it and THEY can pay for it.

This is not hard

That is still an option, drop off your application to the Sheriff without the local check and let the Sheriff call the local PD for a reference. I doubt the locals send a bill to the Sheriff, but I bet some of them drag out the process.

[BimmerJon]

That is still an option, drop off your application to the Sheriff without the local check and let the Sheriff call the local PD for a reference. I doubt the locals send a bill to the Sheriff, but I bet some of them drag out the process.

As long as it isn't more than 45 days from application submission, I don't have a problem