• Text Size
• Print
• Email

  From:
  

  To:
  

  Hey! Check out this news page: https://www.thebackgroundinvestigator.com/Articles/Rumor-Has-It--CPIC-Stopped-To-USA-Background-Checkers/996/index.php.

  SendCancel

National News

Rumor Has It- CPIC Stopped To USA Background Checkers

December 06, 2012 posted by Steve Brownstein

Has the RCMP pulled the plug on USA pre-employment screening companies again?

This might be all rumor, but it's spreading pretty fast.

And where there's smoke there's fire.

It all stems from a RCMP Directive dated mored than a year ago that stated CPIC records must be stored in Canada.

The local Canadian police must have not read that Directive because last time, after a shut-out hiatus of several weeks, everyone went about their merry business of selling CPIC information to anyone, Canadian or not.

Another rumor has it that Canadian pre-employment screening firms,seeing the mark-up that USA background check companies tacked on to their what they were charging - Canadian firms purchased RCMP clearances for the USA companies, decided to pressure the RCMP to trounce down on the hapless police agencies that ignored the edict.

Either way, the outcome is negative for the USA pre-employment background checkers. Either way the outlook is good for the Canadians.

But wait. We found this from the last crisis:

CPIC Stopped - Solution Found!

 Wow! It looks as if CPIC is stopped!
 What a dilemna that poses for many pre-employment screening companies that use their system
 Note the E-mail we received:
 "The RCMP operate CPIC under their National Police Services Directorate and have issued a new policy effective today regarding release of criminal record information via third party companies. 
 They have the policy posted on their website: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/index-eng.htm
 Look on the right side of that page under publications and you can pull up the policy. 
 We have only had it for a few hours and that we must cease operations for now under the condition that all agreements require approval of the Director General. 
 We are also taking some time in interpreting the section dealing with On Line checks.
 Also, CPIC records and consent forms must be stored in Canada.
 Bad news, right?
 Yes, but Straightline International can assist you until this crisis is over, if ever.
 Straightline International does provincial court searches.
 Straightline has its own researhers in Canada. They go to the courthouses daily in Ontario and Quebec.
 They have a corresponding relationship with the Courts of Alberta.
 Call them at 1-866-909-6678 or E-mail them at: info@straightlineinternational.com
 Before you get into hot water.