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Databases Tracking Employee Thefts to Be Examined by FTC for Fair Credit Reporting Act Compliance
April 09, 2013 - By Tom Ahearn Large databases that track employee thefts and could prevent workers accused of theft in the past from finding new jobs in the retail industry will be examined by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), according to a report from the New York Times. The article – ‘Retailers Track Employee Thefts in Vast Databases’ – is available on the Times website at http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/03/business/retailers-use-databases-to-track-worker-thefts.html. The Times reports the databases have “tens of thousands of subscribers” and are used by “major retailers” to combat employee theft, which the National Retail Federation (NRF...
Databases of Retail Thefts Are Used to Bar Employment
April 08, 2013 - Facing a wave of employee theft, retailers across the country have helped amass vast databases of workers accused of stealing and are usi Facin...
Teen Mob Assault On The Rise
April 04, 2013 - Chicago’s warmest day of the year quickly turned overheated as hundreds of youths went wilding in downtown — the latest example of this...
Nebraska Criminal Background Checks Have Gone Digital
April 03, 2013 - Businesses, agencies, individuals and others no longer have to request background checks by mail, FAX or in person. They can go online at the Nebra...
One More Way To Commit A Crime
April 02, 2013 - Dogs in the driver's seat — on their owners' laps — is a dangerous but common habit, said state Rep. Dan Burke (D-Chicago), co-...
Lake County, IL Court Going Online
March 31, 2013 - Court information will no longer be accessible just during business hours Monday through Friday. The Circuit Court will launch remote public ac...
Federal Motor Vehicle News
March 29, 2013 - A BRB Public Record Update The AAMVA Code Dictionary (ACD) is a key component to driving records. The ACD Codes reflect provisions in federal r...
Massachusetts MV Web Page Might Disappear
March 29, 2013 - A BRB Public Record Update The Registry of Motor Vehicles in Massachusetts changed its primary web page. The home page was www.massdot.state.ma...
New Hampshire Courts Consolidate Phone Lines
March 28, 2013 - New Hampshire Courts The Circuit Court system in New Hampshire has established a new, single phone number for ALL courts. The new phone number...
California Court Record Fees Changes Pending
March 28, 2013 - The grim financial state of the California Judiciary is well known. In an effort to help remedy this situation, the CA Administrative Office of the...
RI Expunging More Crimes From Court Records
March 27, 2013 - Rhode Island saw a 36 percent increase last year in the number of crimes that officials expunged from state criminal court records. The Provide...
Security Managemant Update
March 25, 2013 - Security Guard Details Night He Let Thieves Into Gardner Museum CBS Boston (03/21/13) Sisk, Bobby Richard Abath was on duty at Boston's I...
Pennsylvania Online State Database Now Lists More Cases
March 25, 2013 - It's no longer necessary, at least in Pennsylvania, to visit a district magistrate's office or courthouse to look up information on crimina...
U.S. Cities As Bad As Deadliest 3rd World countries
March 22, 2013 - Those pushing President Obama’s gun-control agenda often portray the United States as one of the murder hot spots of the world, but the numbe...
Public Safety Technology in the News
March 20, 2013 - Stoughton School, Police Officials Talk to Parents About ALICE School Shooter Response Program Stoughton Patch, (03/08/2013), Michael Hardman...
Rhode Island Business Group Objects To Bill About Criminal Records
March 20, 2013 - A bill to ban employers from asking job applicants if they have a criminal record until they have been offered a job - or reached the list of final...
Study Says Iraq War Causes Crime
March 17, 2013 - Of around 3,000 military men under the age of 30, more than a fifth had a conviction for violent offences, compared with 6.7% of their civvie stree...
Bad Warrant Leads To Admission Of Lucerne Court Recordkeeping Backlog
March 17, 2013 - Exeter resident Mark Linker applauds Luzerne County’s new rules for processing warrants that have been lifted, saying he doesn’t want a...
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