All too often, HR Managers and end-users skimp on the federal criminal record churches, relying solely on county courthouse searches. Federal searches include violations of federal law, such as those enforced by the DHS, FBI, DEA, ATF and other federal government agencies, and don’t appear in state or county criminal reports. Crimes that may surface during a federal check include airplane hijacking, arson, counterfeiting, first-degree murder, forgery and drug trafficking. National criminal databases, state and country searches simply are not sufficient by themselves to identify complete criminal records and the safety of a business’s employees, assets and reputation are on the line without a federal criminal record check in place.
