Background Screening: The Truth About Fingerprinting

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The Basic Truths About Background Screening, Part 18



Best Practices for Background ScreeningThe Truth About Biometric Fingerprints and Police Records



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FINGERPRINTING HAS SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE



Understand If Fingerprinting Provides Everything Needed To Make Quality Decisions,

Reduce Risk, And Improve My Organization

IT IS IMPORTANT TO:Understand What The Real Benefits Of Using

Fingerprints



THE REAL VALUE OF

FINGERPRINTING



Although Establishing Fingerprinting As An Identity Verification System Is A Fairly

Expensive…



FINGERPRINTING:

Is A Valuable Tool Used To Verify Someone’s Identity Using Biometric Data That Is Difficult (Although Not

Impossible) To Falsify.

Reveals Arrests Record And Criminal Information



BUSTING THE LONGSTANDING MYTHS ABOUT FINGERPRINTIN

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Criminal Record Reporting To The FBI From Counties And States Across The

Country Is Sometimes Ineligible

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TH

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1

The FBI Database Is A Complete Database Of All Criminal Records

There Are Specific Requirements For A Fingerprint To Be Housed In The

FBI’s Interstate Identification System.

The Truth Is That The FBI Database Is Not A Complete Dataset Of All

Criminal Records.



Relying On Fingerprint And Police Records Alone Can Actually Increase Your Risk Of Making Poor

Hiring Decisions

MY

TH

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2

The FBI Database Contains Complete Information That Is Actionable For Prospective Employers, Volunteer

Organizations Or Landlords

Information That Companies Rely Upon Is Faulty - Expungements, Sealed Records, Final Dispositions,

Dropped Charges And More May Be Absent Altogether From A Record

Only 50% Of All Arrest Records In The FBI Database Actually Contain Final

Disposition Information



MY

TH

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3

The FBI Database Gives Accurate Real-Time Criminal Search Results without Delays in Reporting

Records Are Recorded And Updated By Primary Sources (County Courthouses,

Prisons, Etc.) Into A Repository At Varying Schedules

The Average Days For Repositories To Receive And Process Information: 24 Days For Arrest Information, 46 Days For Court

Dispositions, 31 Days For Prison Admissions



MY

TH

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4

Employers Have No Other Viable and Conclusive Options for Understanding Applicant Criminal History

Completing The Picture Requires Pulling Together The Police Records Together With The Courthouse Records, Department Of Correction Records And A

Host Of Other Public Records

Employers Need To Know The Accuracy Of The Outcomes Of The Arrests And Police Record Activity That Is Recorded In The

Various State And Federal Criminal Repositories



MY

TH

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5

Fingerprint-Based Searches are Widely Accepted

The Marginal Benefits Of The Fingerprinting Process Were Not Outweighed By The Additional Cost,

Greatly Increased Reporting Delays And Significant Logistical Challenges Faced By Getting Applicants To

Fingerprint Locations Within Specified Hours And Timeframes



BUSTING THROUGH TO THE TRUTH ABOUT

FINGERPRINTING AND POLICE RECORDS



Fingerprinting Does Have Its Limited Place As A Method Of Validating

Identity And Accessing Police Records



Many State Legislatures Have Passed Laws To Protect

Their Revenue Streams



Limitations On The Value Of Those Records Require Organizations To Go Beyond These Statutory Requirements Designed To Protect State

Revenue Streams



Organizations That Are Using Fingerprint And Police Records Must

Consider These Entities To Be A Part Of A More Comprehensive Screening

Process



The Holes In Fingerprinting State

Police Records



IF The Records Are Reported, The State Police May Never Be Notified Of The Results After The Arrest

Most States Rely On The Local Police Departments To Report Each Person They Have Fingerprinted

Here Is Where The Problem Lies - Not All Persons Arrested Or Cited For A Crime Get Fingerprinted

IF The Person Gets Fingerprinted, Not All Records Are Reported To The

State Police



Factors

The Decision - Whether Or Not To Depend Solely On The State Police Records For A Background

Check• Turnaround Time• Cost• State Audit Requirements• Thoroughness• Potential Public• Relations Issues• Potential Risk To The

Company• Potential Risk To Others



County Or Parish Court Searches Generally Provide More Detail On Cases In That

Particular Jurisdiction Than A State Police Search



Consider The Costs

The Most Common Reason For Not Adding A County Search Is

The Cost

State Police Searches Are Not Usually Cheap

Even Though A County Search Is Very Affordable, Adding An Expense To A State Police Background Check May Keep You From

Choosing The Most Thorough Options



Take Away Points– Fingerprinting Is Wildly Popular– Understand What The Real Benefits Of Using Fingerprints– Understand If Fingerprinting Provides Everything Needed To Make Quality Decisions, Reduce Risk, And

Improve My Organization – Myth 1: The FBI Database Is A Complete Database Of All Criminal Records– Myth 2: The FBI Database Contains Complete Information That Is Actionable For Prospective Employers,

Volunteer Organizations Or Landlords– Myth 3: The FBI Database Gives Accurate Real-time Criminal Search Results Without Delays In

Reporting– Myth 4: Employers Have No Other Viable And Conclusive Options For Understanding Applicant Criminal

History– Myth 5: Fingerprint-based Searches Are Widely Accepted– Fingerprinting Does Have Its Limited Place As A Method Of Validating Identity And Accessing Police

Records– Many State Legislatures Have Passed Laws To Protect Their Revenue Streams– Organizations That Are Using Fingerprint And Police Records Must Consider These Entities To Be A Part

Of A More Comprehensive Screening Process



Contact one of Trak-1’s FCRA-certified screening professionals to begin

Ruling In The Right People!

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Reducing Risk through Background Screening

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