Stay out of Coffeyville Kansas unless you can tolerate riff raff, refinery trash, drugs, thieving prostitutes, meth head squatters, petty criminals, breaking and entering, overdoses and dead bodies in your properties, tenants having adultery with other tenants spouses, walking in on intruders in your STR, 5 homicides in a year in a town of 9500, and other miscellaneous nuisances. 

They don't do it unless it is simply because the person is already under a criminal charge.

Just some thoughts ..... overall i think it prevents kids and other lowerend criminals.

The response made us feel criminal.

The tenant is a deadbeat that doesn't pay rent AND is a criminal.

They might be criminals who are tricking you for critical things to get what they need.  

The CQ or staff duty desk allows one to reach the chain of command if there is destruction to your property or criminal activity is occuring there.  

I am currently representing a client in a neighboring city that is being charged criminally for operating a STR without a business license.

What resources do I need to effectively screen tenants, how do I run their credit or criminal history?

- What if I spent my money on an attorney to fight criminal charges instead of civil ones?