Which search is better the County Criminal Search or the Nationwide Criminal Index?
The information in the County Criminal Search in more accurate but the Scope of the search is geographically limited The Nationwide Criminal Index is a very powerful tool that can give you a “Thumb-Nail” of a geographical area and huge amount of data, They are both great tools, each with strengths and weaknesses, we recommend doing the Nationwide as a first step in the hiring process, then following it up with a more diligent search of County Criminal Records in the counties that the applicant has held residence in over that past 7 years.
The information in the County Criminal Search in more accurate but the Scope of the search is geographically limited The Nationwide Criminal Index is a very powerful tool that can give you a “Thumb-Nail” of a geographical area and huge amount of data, They are both great tools, each with strengths and weaknesses, we recommend doing the Nationwide as a first step in the hiring process, the following it up with a more diligent search of County Criminal Records in the counties that the applicant has held residence in over that past 7 years.
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- Which search is better the County Criminal Search or the Nationwide Criminal Index?
