Security Guard Background Checks
In almost every area of business, security guards are required to have background checks. This article points out that the 50,000 + unarmed security guards who are placed in high sensitive areas are not being screened. It is the contract company’s responsibility to get their guards screened.
A recent article in the Columbus Ledger Enquirer has some important implications for chemical plants that fall under the new regulations for protecting chemical plants against terrorist attack. This is an AP article that claims that private security guards in Georgia are not getting the background checks required under Georgia law. It seems that the 2,600 armed guards in Georgia get their FBI fingerprint check because they are state licensed and that check is done as part of the licensing process. The 50,000+ unarmed guards are not licensed and are only required to under go a local records check. Furthermore, the state does not keep records on the unlicensed guards so has no way of knowing if even the local records checks are being done.
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