Transfer Background Checks - Inherently Governmental?
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Pennsylvania officials gambled and lost in having the state Gaming Control Board rather than state police handle some aspects of background checks on applicants for casino licenses.
That’s borne out by the perjury indictment against Louis A. DeNaples, who was issued a license for the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Monroe County. Police accuse DeNaples of lying about alleged ties to people linked to organized crime during the application process. DeNaples says he’s innocent. But, that’s the type of thing that happens in the public realm all the time.
Stop Criminal! Check Background!
February 28, 2008 by Leticia · 2 Comments
Stop! Criminal! Check Background!
Sound like something from a Terminator movie, or from Cops? Probably should. “Stop criminal check background” . . . is the sound of a Cop screaming that she’s found someone suspicious, and that a criminal background check should be performed before allowing them access to . . . whatever!
Check Background . . . Criminal!
Ever had a government bureaucrat type in the words “check background criminal . . .” with regard to your name? Pretty scarey stuff, huh? Well, listen up because you don’t have to be “Dirty Harry” in order for something like this to happen to you!
Background checks are becoming more and more relevant since 9-11. A few years back, background- and criminal background checks were only a professional need for businesses or government offices, when checking out the educational or criminal background of the new people they were hiring. That’s not the case today.
