by Desiree Bryant
7/25/2008 2:22:00 PM
Each year hundreds of thousands of American kids are packed off to summer camp. How much do you know about those to whom you’ve entrusted your children? Probably very little.
Earlier this summer, for example, a 19-year-old camp counselor from Oregon was charged with five counts of criminal sexual conduct involving a girl at a camp in northern Minnesota. The Brainerd Daily Dispatch reported that a camp counselor, Spencer Krum, lured two girls, ages 14 and 16, from their cabins...
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by Desiree Bryant
7/21/2008 3:41:00 PM
Get a background check from your locksmith.
News that a registered sex offender is working as a locksmith in Shelbyville, Kentucky, understandably has some local residents on edge, reports WHAS 11 news (see story here).
Charles Lee Raisor was convicted in 2003 of sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy. There are few jobs in Kentucky that a registered sex offender can’t have, the TV station reported. These include working at schools and day care centers. However, sex offender...
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by Desiree Bryant
7/18/2008 3:39:00 PM
A story featured in the L.A. Times (July 16, 2008) should be a wake up call to all employers who do not conduct background checks on current employees.
Sixteen employees were suspended from Martin Luther King Jr. – Harbor hospital when county officials found they had serious criminal histories. The criminal backgrounds were discovered last year, but the employees were not disciplined or relieved from duty by the hospital.
This leaves a serious question to be answered by emplo...
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