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Uber, Lyft drivers will have to complete full criminal background check
October 20, 2016 - How safe do you feel riding in an Uber? People who use ride-sharing apps trust drivers to take them to their destinations safely. Although the vast majority of rides are completed with no issues- there are reports of passengers running into some dangerous situations with their drivers. In 2014, a 35-year-old man in San Francisco was attacked by his Uber driver with a hammer. This year, a man was arrested in Chicago for operating as an Uber driver while possessing marijuana and an unlicensed loaded firearm. The man had two prior felony convictions, both of which were weapons-related, in 1995 and 2003, according to officials. Another driver was arrested in Palo Alto and charged with sexual assau...
North Las Vegas aims to help job seekers with criminal records
October 19, 2016 - North Las Vegas today became the first municipality in Nevada to eliminate the box routinely found on job applications that potential employees mus...
Cost of criminal records checks going up in Thunder Bay, Ontario
October 18, 2016 - The cost of a purchasing a criminal record check in Thunder Bay, Ont., is going up, after the city's police services board voted Wednesday in f...
NTSB wants greater focus on driver drug testing following fatal 2015 crash
October 13, 2016 - The National Transportation Safety Board said this week the U.S. DOT needs to tighten pre-employment driver screening for carriers. Its recommendat...
Battle over background checks in Nevada heads toward Nov. 8
October 10, 2016 - Both sides in a battle over a ballot measure to tighten gun background checks in Nevada say too many criminals have weapons. They di...
In Florida and elsewhere, confidential information is used to investigate and intimidate others pers
October 07, 2016 - Police officers across the country misuse confidential law enforcement databases to get information on romantic partners, business associates, neig...
Donald Trump’s Georgia chief resigns after his criminal record was revealed
October 05, 2016 - Donald Trump’s Georgia campaign director stepped down Tuesday after he was confronted with a report by Channel 2 Action News revealing his pa...
Background check backlog causes frustration for day cares
October 04, 2016 - Day cares and preschools across Florida are understaffed and their employees are stressed out due to a new federal mandate expanding background che...
S.C. church massacre exposed flaw in FBI background check system
October 03, 2016 - In June of 2015, Dylann Roof walked into a Charleston, South Carolina church and killed nine people with a gun investigators later determined he sh...
Multiple searches recommended in school background checks
September 30, 2016 - Schools have to be careful about the people they let inside their buildings, and sometimes that desire to protect students needs to be balanced aga...
Pelham school board evaluates policy requiring background checks for parents
September 27, 2016 - The Pelham School Board is evaluating its policy requiring background checks for parents participating in school day activities. The...
Background Check Policies for Apartment Applicants May Be Illegal
September 26, 2016 - Apartment building managers may be breaking the law if they deny housing to all prospective residents who fail a background check, according to the...
Leaders announce help for citizens with criminal records
September 21, 2016 - Mayor Andy Berke and community leaders announced new resources to help citizens with criminal histories. A new website called...
Colleges to consider students with criminal records
September 20, 2016 - People with a criminal past may now have a fair chance at going to college. The White House says more than 80 colleges and universit...
Law enforcement union leader explains his support of background checks
September 19, 2016 - Officially, most Las Vegas law enforcement officers aren’t taking sides on a November ballot issue to expand background checks for gun buyers...
Criminal record checks backlog is costing jobs and ‘causing havoc’, says MP Meg Hillier
September 14, 2016 - Delays in dealing with Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks are “causing havoc” and leading single parents, agency workers, taxi...
Did the Number of Background Checks Increase in August? Take a Wild Guess
September 13, 2016 - As the calls for an increase in gun control is heard throughout the political elite, we the little people continue to vote with our wallets. &n...
Removing stigma of criminal record 'not so simple,' Penn study says
September 08, 2016 - Getting arrested or convicted of a crime is bad, but as a recent Penn study points out, the long term effects of having a criminal record can make...
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