Background checks predate the internet by many decades. In the seventeenth centuries and earlier, when people tended to live in the same place over time, a background check might have consisted of a letter of introduction. A new employee or a new friend might have given his or her credentials by presenting a letter from someone credible. In the nineteenth century, greater mobility and larger cities made it harder for people to determine who could be trusted and who should be avoided. It’s no surprise, then, that the nineteenth century saw the birth of Sherlock Holmes and the PI industry.
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WHEELING - A saga that already involves a made-up doctor now includes a missing physician.
On Oct. 24, CSX Transportation filed federal court papers in Wheeling seeking an extension to serve papers on Bridgeport radiologist Dr. Ray Harron.
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A controversial plan is on the table that would allow teachers at Michigan schools to carry guns. Some believe it would make classrooms safer, but others say not so fast. The rules at school are clear- absolutely no weapons at all, and now one state lawmaker is aiming for change.
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posted by PInow.com Staff | September 14th, 2007
The Assembly voted 74-0 early Wednesday to send to the governor’s desk a bill to require 70,000 emergency medical technicians in California to undergo mandatory criminal background checks and to create a statewide EMT registry.
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posted by PInow.com Staff | September 11th, 2007
Police have rounded up nearly 40 people in the past few weeks thanks to operation crack-hammer. Now, Elmira’s police chief is asking landlords to step up in the fight against crime
“Absentee landlords contribute to these problems by not screening their tenants but its not the landlord that’s doing these things, they’re not selling the drugs it’s the occupants” says Elmira Chief of Police, Scott Drake.
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posted by PInow.com Staff | September 11th, 2007
AUSTIN – More than 400,000 teachers and other school professionals in Texas might have to pay about $50 each to have their fingerprints taken under a new school safety law enacted this year.
Although teacher-group leaders were assured that the state would pick up the cost of the fingerprinting and mandatory criminal background checks, lawmakers did not include funding in the state budget, and efforts to find the money – about $25 million – through other channels have been unsuccessful.
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posted by PInow.com Staff | September 6th, 2007
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is calling for improvements to criminal background checks for bus drivers. His auditors found that many school districts and school bus companies will hire drivers, allow them on the road, while waiting up to 90 days for their criminal backgrounds to be cleared by the DMV.
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posted by PInow.com Staff | September 4th, 2007
A judge has ordered the Unites State government to produce some background check documents on a blind Jordanian immigrant who has been fighting for years to become a U.S. citizen. The ruling could lead to a final decision in the case.
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