Illinois background checking error

pre-employment background checks after a series of errors within local police departments. Venice officials say that they made a mistake when hiring former police office Jerry L. Casey – a mistake that could have been prevented with a background check. After being dismissed from the Venice Police Department Casey was then hired by the Brooklyn P.D. who also failed to run background checks. It is important to run background checks in any industry, yet particularly important when it comes to public safety. Casey left Venice after receiving several complaints in eight months, including firing three shots into an unarmed man’s pickup truck. While the hiring manager could not have predicted these difficulties, a background check would have shown that he was once the subject of an investigation involving an allegation of criminal sexual assault. He was never charged, but this surely would have had an impact his application. Background checks should be processed before an individual is hired, not after. When it comes to the police department and public safety, not performing such a check or delaying the process is simply not acceptable.]]>