Background Check Bill would Help Target Threatening Hires
A new bill would help home security companies conduct background checks on potential employees.
The Electronic Life Safety and Security System Federal Background Check Act of 2009 would provide installation and monitoring companies with resources to ensure employees they hire aren’t a threat to homes, businesses or families.
According to an article by the National Burglar & Fire Alarm Association, the legislation, introduced by Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, would give companies the ability to check a potential employee’s criminal history against the National Crime Information Center, a federal criminal database.
“It’s a great piece of legislation that we’re proposing… and it allows us to be able to provide a tool for our members to be able to get background checks,” NBFAA President Michael Miller, said in the article.
“One of the issues that we have is (just getting) a criminal background license that’s either state only, local only or federal only and we need all three basically, because when we get employees that come to us from other states, the FBI federal background check is the one that assures us that we’ve got somebody that’s not a criminal,” Miller continued. “So it would be a fantastic tool to have for our members.”
Other establishments, such as banks, credit unions and private security guard firms, already have access to the information. More should be known about the bill later this month when members of the alarm industry visit Capitol Hill.