Quaero Indicium
'To Find the Evidence'
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Fixing Failed Background Check and Investigation Processes
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November 19, 2010 - LaPorte, Colorado
Re: Fort Collins Coloradoan - November 17, 2010
There are many misconceptions about background checks and investigations. From what is permissible to what is available, and how to properly conduct the same within the scope of the client's needs. Certified Legal Investigator Dean A. Beers has over 23 years of experience conducting legal investigations, including comprehensive background checks and investigations, and has authored two books that provide both insight and instruction on being a more thorough background investigator.
This is a special bulletin to bring awareness to the 'fix' of 'fallible' background checks. Please distribute this email and accompanying article within your circle of colleagues, as well as fellow board and committee members.
Additional Information:
Agency and Mr. Beers - www.Forensic-Investigators.com
Full Chronology of Story - www.Coloradoan.com
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Concepts of Comprehensive Background Investigations
Dean A. Beers, CLI
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This article follows the recent revelation - to the public - that the fingerprint identification method of conducting criminal background investigations in Colorado, through the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, is fallible.
"Johnnie Ray Bellington was arrested in Loveland on suspicion of two counts of sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust, sexual assault on a child with a pattern of abuse and other charges. His record shows charges of sexual assault, aggravated incest, and various drug-and money-related charges dating back to the early 1980s. But that record didn't turn up in a fingerprint-based background check conducted by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, most likely because of problems with the decades-old ink-and-paper fingerprints from his previous arrests, a CBI spokesman has said."
This is not a surprise - any skilled and trained background investigator already works from the assumption that records, record repositories and responsible agencies will have mistakes and are fallible. To proceed otherwise would be negligent. In fact, had a professional investigator provided a report of no criminal history when one was so easily determined, would be negligent. When contacted by nursing school applicants, our agency has declined 100% of the requests to conduct background checks because they were only required to ask for a Colorado Bureau of Investigation background check. Our agency will not perform background checks in a manner inconsistent with our policy - developed with the best investigative practices and public safety as priorities.
Our agency works all investigations on a five step Investigative Protocol (Prepare, Inquire, Analyze, Document and Report) that I developed. The concept of the five key components of this Investigative Protocol is just as applicable to background investigations. An accurate and comprehensive background investigation is based upon information - existing, determined and verified information. Leaving no stone unturned and making every reasonable effort to find all of the information possible is the only the proper investigative method. When a child's safety is the purpose of the background investigation, how could we expect or offer less?
Continued - < Read the complete article here >
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