It�s Important to have a good National Background Check!

A reliable criminal background investigation is much more than an internet search of instant databases.

Many employers rely only on so-called “national” or “nationwide” criminal record databases. These databases, compiled by large data brokers, contain limited information from a few counties and state criminal records repositories and often miss more records to the wrong people.

Likewise, most states’ criminal records repositories are incomplete and should not be relied upon as a stand-alone background investigation. In fact, as few as 40% of the criminal records found in Texas’ county courthouses appear in Texas’ state criminal records database. Also, the records found are consistently missing information key to a fill understand of the case.

Databases are great…as one source of potential criminal records. A reliable background investigation will only use databases in conjunction with the most accurate sources of criminal histories: the actual records of the court.