It is very important to screen an employee before he gets into an organization. This ensures safety of the organization and that of other employees. Employers usually conduct background checks of the employee. For this, finger print scans of the employee are to be checked with the finger print database. This is now easily possible with the help of CrimeCheck.com. The fingerprint scanners of CrimeCheck.com have access to the FBI database- AFIS (Automated Fingerprint Identification System). This is a major breakthrough in the employment screening technology.

CrimeCheck.com is an Ohio based background check provider. It offers a criminal record check to help employers screen their employees. Now it has come up with fingerprint scan check called ‘WebCheck’. The staff has been trained to use the fingerprint scanners to access the FBI and BCI&I records for their clients. Using this technology will benefit the clients by increasing the accuracy and the turnaround time of such checks.

If you are an employer, you need to send fingerprints of the employee to WebCheck or they can come and personally take fingerprints in your organization. Then WebCheck technicians send this data through the internet to FBI or state based BCI&I. The data is encrypted and the program is password protected. The results are sent to the employer through mail and not the internet.

The fingerprint scanner is manufactured by Cogent Systems which is a California based firm. It has provided a great tool for background checks. Another amazing thing is that the search results are available to you within 24 hours only.

Post 9/11, the requirement of background checks has risen drastically. School employees, healthcare workers, private security personnel and many others require a fingerprint check before they are employed. Now, even drivers who want to renew their licenses have to undergo a background check involving fingerprint checks. According to the Ohio state laws, out of state applicants who are going to work with children or the elderly have to go through finger print checks.

Using such a technology can definitely provide a safe work environment for employers, employees and clients. This also has proven that private security industry can help in securing most of the country’s infrastructure with the help of technology, which a law enforcement cannot singly do.