Ever wished that you could take a peek into someone’s police records before you employed them? Just so you could rid yourself of any shred of doubt about the person? This could happen if you are an employer and you want to know for sure that your prospective employees are aboveboard. It could happen when you want to hire someone to look after your child and you’d like to be 100% sure before you hire. It could also happen if you are a landlord and you’re looking for tenants, or if you want to make sure that someone you met online is all he says he is. It’s always safer and makes for peace of mind if you have access to the person’s police records. You never really can tell by looking at a person whether they are crooks or not, can you?
So how do you go about it? You can get free access or you can pay for it. It all depends on what kind of information you are looking for and how much of it you want. You could, for example, get a pretty exhaustive list when it comes to sexual offenders at http://www.familywatchdog.us for free. This is a national database and you can get information state-wise. Today the danger of pedophiles living next door to you or even getting jobs in schools is mitigated. Even if one does live in your neighborhood, the great thing now is the fact that you know and you can take steps to protect your family.
For more free records of people in your area, you could try and do a search by typing in ‘free police records’ together with your area or locality. This could throw up both police and court records from the district’s databases or the sites that do provide this free service. You might just find however that a person’s financial status, especially in the event of bankruptcy, is easier to find than a person’s criminal records.
There are sites that offer both free as well as paid services. Try http://www.intelius.com and http://www.crimcheck.com/freerecords.htm, both of which provide great background checks. If you need a very detailed search, you could always avail of the services of a private investigator. Sometimes, you will have to pay for the information you need but it does help to hire without fear, to sleep easy and to know that you have done the best you can for your family, your workplace, your home and yourself.