Criminal Background Checks — The Pinnacle Background Check System

The Pinnacle Background Check System is a comprehensive solution to your background check needs. This user-friendly system produces the quality results you need to protect your organization and the people you serve, and encompasses the necessary items for a legal background check:

• Social Security Number Association and Address History Research

  This research must be a foundational part of the actual criminal background check, otherwise you may be missing the majority of available records. Without it, the check can be easily "tricked," and you're vulnerable to identity theft and undocumented workers.
  

• Proactive Research on ALL aliases and ALL locations

  To ensure that your applicants are who they say they are, Pinnacle actively searches out discrepancies on applications. We check all aliases associated with each Social Security Number and locate all previous locations resided. The average applicant has lived in 3 locations in the past 7 years, and a common way for applicants to try to hide identity is to use aliases.



• Real-time Court Docket research

  A common misconception about background checks is that there is a national database with all this information already available. County courts often report only convictions to the state courts, and thus the database information is outdated and does not paint the whole picture of an individual since a vast majority of charges are lessened. Real-time court docket research provides an up-to-date, full criminal history of your applicant including pending charges, original charges, dismissals, warrants, etc.



• Federal Court Check

  About 1/3 of all serious crimes are Federal crimes, and the only way to get this information is to do a Federal Court check.

There are a variety of other add-on options available. We serve clients ranging from one of the largest retail companies in the world to high-security facilities concerned with terrorist activities. The key is that we work with you to structure packages that ensure legal compliance and protect you from potential liability.

To learn more about what Pinnacle can do for your company, please contact a representative today.