Backgrounds for Churches and Nonprofits
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What Nonprofit Organizations Need to Know About
Criminal Background Checks
Mike CoffeyPresidentImperative Information Groupwww.imperativeinfo.com
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Homeland Security concerns have heightened employers’ responsibilities.
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Good corporate governance now includes human due diligence.
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Employees face threats from within, not just outside, the workforce.
• 516 workplace murders
• 417 by shooting
• - 2006 US Department of Labor
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• 12,025 cases filed
• $48.8 million settlements•
- 2006 EEOC
Employers’ liability for employees’ actions costs both money and goodwill.
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Employee theft is the single largest cause of retail loss (“shrink”).
• $19 billion
2006 National Retail Security Survey
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The most important thing I’ll say today...
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Local jurisdictions regularly fail to report criminal convictions to the state database.
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Clifton Williams Stephen Barbee Anthony Shore
34% of Texas Death Row convictions are not listed in Texas DPS’ “statewide” database.
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There is no reliable “national” or “nationwide” criminal records source.
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“National” databases miss 60% or more of available criminal records.
Michael Gilbert
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62% of felony defendants released
33% were rearrested
- 2004 Bureau of Justice Statistics
State and national criminal databases do not reflect pending criminal cases.
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The county courthouses’ “live” criminal records are the best source.
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Limiting the background check to a single county will miss important information.
Jacob Muniz
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Federal criminal records, though difficult to search, should not be overlooked.
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Limiting the scope of criminal reports to seven years will miss important information.
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A good criminal background check begins with identity research.
Employment
ApplicationName
DOB
SSN
Prev. addresses
ID Research
Associated Names
SSN Issuance
Address history
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All paid staff need full criminal background checks.
IdentityResearch
County
Research
Federal Research
State &
“National”
Databases
County
ResearchPossible records
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Volunteers’ roles should be evaluated with from the viewpoint of a bad actor.
High-Access or High-Credibility
High Risk
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High-Risk Volunteers need full criminal background checks, just like staff.
IdentityResearch
County
Research
Federal Research
State &
“National”
Databases
County
ResearchPossible records
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Staff-supervised, low-access volunteers inside a fully implemented safety system.
IdentityResearch
County of Residence
Research
State &
“National”
Databases
County
ResearchPossible records
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The federal Fair Credit Reporting Act governs employment-related background checks.
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The employer must provide information prior to making an adverse decision.
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The employer must provide additional notice after taking the adverse decision.
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The FCRA limits what can be reported in background checks.
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1996 – Berkeley, SC
• Domestic violence
• DWI
2001, 2002 – Navarro, TX
• Criminal Trespass
• Theft
• DWI
Identity theft is a growing problem in criminal records.
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Mike CoffeyPresident
Imperative Information Grouphttp://www.imperativeinfo.comhttp://blogs.imperativeinfo.com
P.O. Box 101327Fort Worth, Texas 76185
Licensed by the Texas Department of Public SafetyPrivate Security Board (A09357)