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• Background Search Law Had Its Start Here

  September 01, 2012 - Park districts in Illinois now have the ability to check young employees' backgrounds for serious crimes under a new law that got its start in Naperville. "We certainly don't want umpires and lifeguards and kids in a supervisory position to ... jeopardize anybody in the park district programs and that was our main concern, the safety of the children," said Naperville Park District Commissioner Ron Ory. The legislation, signed by Gov. Pat Quinn this summer, prohibits park districts from hiring young applicants with certain offenses on their juvenile record and gives the park district president access to such records. Background checks go back seven years. Naperville Park District Executive Director Ray McGury...

• DPS working through backlog of criminal background checks

  September 01, 2012 - As the new school year kicks off, thousands of new-hires haven't had their criminal background checks. The Department of Public Safety is w...

• Ask the D.A.: Can my criminal record be erased?

  September 01, 2012 - Q: I have a record from 2005 of simple assault and endangering the welfare of a child. This is hindering my job search as I am being told that the...

• It's Time to Review Your Criminal History Screening Practices

  September 01, 2012 - In April, the EEOC issued a new Enforcement Guidance document on the use of criminal history information in making hiring and other employment deci...

• Many Using Fake Degrees

  September 01, 2012 - With the employment market becoming increasingly competitive, many people are using bogus degrees, diplomas and certificates besides telling outrig...

• Hells Angels

  September 01, 2012 - The Hells Angels have filed suit over the government's bar on letting foreign members enter the United States, CNN reported Monday. The gro...

• Toyota Camry among the top 10 most stolen cars of 2011 in the US

  September 01, 2012 - National Insurance Crime Bureau has revealed a new list which reveals the names of most stolen cars in the year 2011. The list includes cars from T...

• Family Can't Move Into Their Home After Squatters File for Bankruptcy

  September 01, 2012 - Dayna Donovan and her family have been unable to occupy their home after two strangers squatting in her Littleton, Colo., home for eight months hav...

• FBI Crime Stats Are Not Its Best Work

  September 01, 2012 - The FBI's crime reporting program is considered the final word on crime trends in the United States, but the agency rarely audits police agenci...

• Misuse of Data Banks Could Put Ala. Police in Jail

  September 01, 2012 - Systems that law enforcement agencies use to run background checks on suspects are strictly for investigative purposes, and inappropriate use could...

• NJ Criminal records Now Online

  September 01, 2012 - In what's been a long time coming, a searchable database of criminal convictions in New Jersey Superior Court is now available on the state Jud...

• Worsening A Bad Law Fort Wayne Journal Gazette editorial

  September 01, 2012 - Hoosier lawmakers made a troubling law even worse this year, voting to prohibit companies from distributing factual information about criminal conv...

• How The Police Found Steve Jobs' Stolen I-Pads

  September 01, 2012 - The digital breadcrumbs left behind when people use Internet-connected gadgets are what led California investigators to recover iMacs, iPads and ot...

• A Revere, Massachusetts woman could end up with a couple of new charges on her criminal record after

  August 01, 2012 - Suffolk county District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said 24-year-old Nicole Difazi walked into the courthouse and requested copies of the paperwork....

• Another USA Missed Record TV News Report

  August 01, 2012 - B.C. Privacy Commisioner Elizabeth Denham is warning both the provincial government and private sector employers are making too much use of crimina...

• New York Times Calls For Regulating/Registering Us

  August 01, 2012 - ...The federal government clearly needs to step in (on background screening companies). It should require companies to be federally registered, out...

• Lies Will Come With New Risks

  August 01, 2012 - An unpopular decision by the United States Supreme Court appears to have inspired the Pentagon to do something it should have done long ago, create...

• Many Sex Offenders Nationally Manipulate Identities

  August 01, 2012 - A frightening number of the nation's registered sex offenders hide, change or attempt to alter their identities to avoid parole conditions aime...