PREEMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS

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PRE-EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS

• School District Best Practice Standards

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WHY ARE INVESTIGATIONS NECESSARY NOW?

• Negligent Hiring Liability Lawsuits
• Protection of students and staff
• Because the best predictor of future behavior is
  past behavior
• Because the DPI and The Wisconsin Crime
  Information Bureau and the Consolidated Courts
  Automation Program (CCAP) is not sufficient to
  meet a due diligence standard

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WHAT IS MISSING?

• Crimes not related to children
• Federal Crimes
• Tribal Court Records
• Records prior to CCAP
• Counties got on line at different times
• Out of State Records

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DUE DILIGENCE

• We do what the law requires
• We check references
• We work with our police liaison to gather
  information

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DUE DILIGENCE

• If you could have known, you should have known.
• The reasonable person standard

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WHAT CRIMINALS KNOW THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW

• Criminal records dont cross state lines
• Most employers dont check for residential
  history
• Most employers are reluctant to check out of
  state records

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PROBLEMS

• Cost
• Information retrieval system
• Understanding the information one gathers
• Knowing where to look
• Knowing how deep to look

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THE APPLICATION

• Complete residential history since high school
• Questions concerning criminal/misdemeanor history
  or pending cases
• Explanations of legal history
• Questions regarding alien status
• Place of birth

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THE SOLUTION (PARTLY)

• Social Security Trace
• 7-10 residential history
• Alias names, maiden names
• Fraudulent SS numbers
• OFAC (Terrorists)
• Alerts

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FREE WEBSITES TO IMPROVE YOUR PROCESS

• wcca.wicourts.gov/index.xsl
• www.prevent-abuse-now.com/register.htm (Sexual
  offender registry by state)

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APPLICANTS DISCLOSURESNational Social Security
Search

• OUT OF STATE RESIDENCY REVEALED
• Search county(s) and/or States of residence
• Request Multi-State Criminal Search (can only be
  obtained when requested with some other search)
• Check National Sex Offender Registry(s) for each
  state. (Free)
• Federal Records?
• Tribal Records?
• Military Records?
• Civil Records?

• NO OUT OF STATE RESIDENCY REVEALED OR DISCOVERED
• Wisconsin Department of Justice Crime Information
  Bureau On Line (5)
• Wisconsin Consolidated Circuit Court Automation
  Program (CCAP) (Free)
• Sexual Offender Registry (Free)
• Multi-State Criminal Search
• Federal Records Criminal/Civil
• Tribal Records?
• Military Records?

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OUT OF STATE HISTORY

• State Criminal (42 available)
• County Criminal (when state not available)
• County Civil
• Federal Civil/Criminal
• Driving Records

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MULTI-STATE SEARCH

• 135,000,000 CRIMINAL RECORDS
• Data based search only available when requested
  with search on some other jurisdiction
• Most valuable tool for out of state

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OTHER TOOLS

• Employment Verification
• Education Verification
• Professional License Verification
• Drug Screening

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WHO IS BACKGROUNDED?

• All employees
• All Volunteers
• Which group of employees are most likely to be
  offenders?
• Over 60 of resumes have falsifications
• Credit reports on those with financial
  responsibilities

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WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND SOMETHING

• Ask for an explanation
• Ask for reconciliation of discrepancy
• Call a professional for further investigation or
  clarification

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RESTRICTIONS UNDER FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT

• Signed releases
• Aversive action (Decision not to hire)

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ON LINE INFORMATION SERVICES

• Over 800 from which to choose
• The information age makes this possible from your
  computer
• Cost effective
• Time efficient
• Technical support

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VALUE ADDED FEATURES

• Professional Investigators
• ½ hour free consultations
• Local Immediate Service
• A former educator available for consultation and
  service

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API SERVICES, INC.

• Craig Warrick
• 920-435-8317