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  • Photo of a school classroom shot from behind, showing rows of students. | Photo by Taylor Flowe on Unsplash

    Spotlight: The Worrying Spike In School Shootings Across America

    October 28th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer No matter what database you look at, the stats on school shootings in the United States in recent times should be cause for worry for anyone with any interest in child safety and child protection. After the latest...

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    School Shootings With Casualties Spiked In 2020-21: Report

    June 30th, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer There were 93 school shootings with casualties at public and private elementary and secondary schools in 2020–21— the highest number since 2000–01, according to a new joint report published by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the...

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    Gun Violence Prevention Bills: A Legislation Round-Up

    June 23rd, 2022
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer By now, most of us have probably read that on Tuesday, June 21, Senate bargainers reached agreement on an incremental yet necessary bipartisan gun violence bill. The bill is in response to recent deadly mass shootings in Texas...

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    Understanding The Victim Notification System And Crime Victims’ Safety

    December 17th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer In 1993, a woman from Kentucky, Mary Byron, was raped, assaulted, and stalked by her ex-boyfriend, who was then arrested for those crimes. Unfortunately, he was released from jail when someone posted his bail. A short while after,...

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    How To Protect Yourself From Cybercrimes: An Introduction

    November 5th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometric staffer Only yesterday, Nov. 4., we wrote about how the Justice Department had said in an interview with the Associated Press that they are stepping up firepower in the battle against ransomware attacks and cybercrime. The number of cybercrime...

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    All About The FBI’s Identity History Summary Checks

    October 29th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer If you are planning to apply for a new job, especially a federal one, or are planning to foster or adopt a child, or are considering other similar new opportunities or decisions in your life, it's very likely...

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  • Hollywood Hiring Practices, Gun Safety Precautions Under Scrutiny After Fatal Film Set Shooting

    October 29th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By Aara Ramesh Just over a week after an accidental shooting on the set of the film “Rust” claimed the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, and injured director Joel Souza, 48, Hollywood is undergoing something of a reckoning in regards to...

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  • Firearm Transfers And Permit Applications Decreased In 2018: BJS

    October 28th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer In 2018, there were around 1.6 million applications for firearm transfers and permits that were subject to background checks under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Brady Act). About 230,000 (1.4%) of these applications were denied, the Bureau...

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    Home Healthcare Background Check ABCs

    October 15th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer A paper published in 1999 stated, in very simple terms, that fraudulent and abusive practices in the home healthcare space are costly. They damage the integrity of the home health agency, the home care industry, and home care...

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    How Crime Gun Intelligence Centers Use Technology & Evidence To Combat And Prevent Violent Crime

    September 3rd, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By Deepti Govind "We know that shooters don't just stop after one shooting," ATF (the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) Special Agent Fred Milanowski told ABC 13 News in May. The first shooting is hard, the second one is a...

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    Phone Scams Affected Nearly 60M Americans In The Past Year — How To Identify Them

    July 2nd, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By Deepti Govind Sample this: Nearly one-in-three Americans have fallen victim to a phone scam in the past year, according to a report from Truecaller published last week. In total, Americans lost an estimated $29.8 billion, the report added. Of the survey...

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    Flying This Summer? Here’s A Quick Look At How The TSA And FBI Keep You Safe

    June 25th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer Since the start of this year, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has received around 3,100 reports of unruly behavior by passengers, including about 2,350 reports of passengers refusing to comply with the federal mask mandate. In January, the...

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    Real Estate Wire Frauds Are Still On The Rise: What You Need To Know To Protect Yourself

    June 4th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer There were 13,638 victims of real estate/rental fraud in 2020, amounting to a loss of over $213 million according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Internet Crime Report for the year. That's a 16.7% jump in victim...

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    Federal Rules On Reasonable Suspicion Testing For Workplace Substance Abuse

    May 28th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer With several states across the U.S. legalizing the use of cannabis, for medical and/or recreational purposes, over the past six months or so, we began a series of posts on topics related to drug-free workplaces. Our very first...

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  • State Disclosures: Some Light Reading For A Quick Idea, But For Any Serious Stuff, Do Take Your Lawyer’s Advice

    May 25th, 2021

    All U.S. jurisdictions need to comply with the guidelines established by the Fair Credit Reporting Act or FCRA. In addition to federal guidelines on background checks, an employer has to be cognizant of state laws as to when they can run a...

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    Sex Offenders’ Registries And Background Checks: An Introduction

    May 21st, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer In previous posts, we've explained Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) guidances on background checks, how negligent hiring can cost a company, and whether prospective employers can run checks on potential employees....

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    Drug-Free Workplace Programs: A Brief Introduction

    May 14th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer Several states across the U.S. have legalized the use of cannabis, either for medical or recreational purposes or both, over the past six months or so. With that comes questions for employers on how to address a possible impact...

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    An Eye On The Sky … And The Ground: The FAA’s ITS System: A Backgrounder

    April 23rd, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer Imagine flying an airplane with nothing but a magnetic compass to guide you. Sounds impossible? But that was, in reality, the only navigation tool aviators once had to guide them on flights, making early aviation a risky business....

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    When Is A Company That Does Background Checks Considered A Consumer Reporting Agency?

    April 9th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica Staffer According to an October 2019 report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), there were 1,954 background screening companies operating in the United States in that year, with a total revenue of about $3.2 billion. According to the...

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  • A map of state/territory participation in NICS in the United States. The FBI's NICS Section provides full service to Federal Firearms Licensees in 30 states, five U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia. The NICS Section conducts long gun background checks in seven states. The remaining 13 states conduct their own firearm background checks through the NICS. Twenty-five states issue ATF-qualified alternate permits that may substitute for a NICS background check.

    March Madness Fuels Record Q1 For Firearm Background Checks In The U.S.

    April 2nd, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By Anand Vasu A substantial surge in March, a month which had several mass shootings as the United States began returning to business as usual, resulted in the FBI conducting more background checks for individuals wanting to buy firearms in the first...

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    Can A Prospective Employer Run A Background Check On You?

    March 26th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer The short answer, yes. The longer answer is that yes, they can, but for most kinds of background checks, including obtaining a criminal background check report, running a credit check, or information on school transcripts, they need permission...

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    Negligent Hiring: It Can Cost Your Company Millions

    March 19th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By Charlotte Spencer Sometimes the paperwork involved in bringing on a new hire can seem like a mere formality that you don’t want to spend time and money on. Recent court cases, however, demonstrate just how risky it can be to skip...

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  • Close-up Of Human Hand Filling Criminal Background Check Application Form With Pen | © Andrey Popov | Dreamstime.com

    What Do The FCRA And EEOC Guidance On Background Checks Say?

    March 12th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer Employers of all stripes, private corporations, NGOs, public agencies, schools, colleges, hospitals, delivery services, home health care providers, political campaigns, even religious organizations, use background screening reports to make a determination on potential or current employees, contractors, volunteers...

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  • Proposed Background Check Laws In Front Of The 117th Congress

    February 18th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Charlotte Spencer Contact Us As of February 2021, the 117th Congress already has seven bills introduced which, if passed, would change background checking requirements in our country. Five of these bills focus specifically on the subject of background checks involving gun...

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  • In Search Of The Missing: What To Do, What To Know, And What To Say

    In Search Of The Missing: What To Do, What To Know, And What To Say

    September 18th, 2018
    category: Feature Stories

    With the city of San Francisco waterfront in foreground, a container ship sails on San Francisco Bay with the city of Oakland and Port of Oakland in the background. Mt. Diablo looms over the scene. The Bay Area Search And Rescue Council...

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