[TheForge] Criminal Background Check

[Jeffrey Polaski]

I don't think I agree with the fingerprints, but I can understand the
motivation. If you were in charge of a park, and had gotten ripped off a
few times you'd be more cautious about hiring. I'd think a regular
criminal check would be fine, though. Maybe they are worried about
someone signing up with a false ID or something, but checking
fingerprints still seems a bit much.


Jeff Polaski

> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:theforge-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of wmullett at bright.net
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 8:04 AM
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> Subject: [TheForge] Criminal Background Check
> 
> 
> I volunteer at Zoar, Ohio which is a historical site run by the Ohio
> Historical Society.  They now require a criminal background check of
all
> their volunteers.  I don't have a problem with that except the check
> mandates that you must submit your fingerprints.
> 
> Why would anyone want to be put in that database where some "expert"
might
> conclude that your prints match some partials they collected?
> 
> Walt