Background Checks Are Not All The Same By Wally Davis, CEO, PeopleTrail
The vast majority of employers run pre-employment background checks. Even companies that don‘t utilize pre-hire screenings
regularly agree that they are a helpful method to build up a successful workforce. The news is filled with stories bringing to light malpractice in the workplace that could have been prevented with a simple background check. So as an employer, you can hire any company to conduct pre-employment background checks and be confident that the safety net will provide you with all the tools to make an informed hiring decision. Right? Unfortunately, that is not the case.
The problem is that not every background check is the same. There is not one source or mystical database where all background screening professionals go to for consistent, up to date criminal record information. In fact the concept of ―background checks‖ is incredibly ambiguous and doesn‘t speak at all to the quality or accuracy of the information produced from conducting one. A hiring official‘s due diligence cannot reach its full potential unless the background checks he or she orders utilizes the most foolproof techniques and channels to find and verify criminal records. Below is an example of trustworthy background investigation tools that employers can count on for most standard background check needs. Also included are tools that have a place, but should be used cautiously. Employers should ensure their background screening provider can strategically implement these tools.
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Louisiana Law Requires Schools to Plan for an Active Shooter
The events that surrounded the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012, served as another wake-up call for education administrators and law enforcement to ramp up emergency preparedness plans in the event of a crisis like a school shooter. The Sandy Hook tragedy was the catalyst for the state of Louisiana to require that schools plan along with local law enforcement for this type of scenario.
Six months after the school shooting in Newtown, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal signed House Bill 718 into law. Schools within the state are now required to coordinate with law enforcement and fire department officials to improve safety. The bill states that schools must develop a viable crisis management plan with an emphasis on preparing for a school shooter. According to Michael Walker-Jones, executive director of the Louisiana Association of Educators, the state‘s public schools have been prepared for such incidents even before the law was passed. ―The real key I think for Louisiana and a lot of other states is they‘ve already had these kinds of crisis management plans in place and the legislation actually was more of a reaction to the Newtown [shooting],‖ Walker-Jones said.
Yet, whether or not schools have drafted crisis management plans in the past, the law specifies requirements that must be fulfilled each year. According to HB 718, Louisiana schools must have a ―crisis management and response plan‖ to address safety and any incident regarding a shooting or other violence on campus. Each plan must be prepared in collaboration by each school‘s principal and with local law enforcement, fire, public safety and emergency preparedness officials.
Every year, school principals are then required to meet with those same emergency responders to review the plan and revise it if necessary. In addition to a series of other requirements drafted into the law, schools must also perform live-shooter drills within 30 days prior to the start of the new academic year.
Louisiana law enforcement officials have expressed confidence that schools in the state are prepared for following through on their crisis management plans. Col. Mike Edmonson, superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, said he thinks the schools are prepared, yet proper assessment of the nearly 1,800 public and private schools in the state is key.
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