据报道，最近一名被通缉的逃犯在工作场所发生了一起悲惨的凶杀案，这凸显了制定有效的背景调查政策和程序的重要性。嫌疑人当时受雇于一家非营利组织，从未接受过背景调查。
检察官争辩说，受害者爱德华·海因兹发现嫌疑人何塞·费利西亚诺，一名看门人，没有按照该组织的政策采集指纹或背景调查，而且费利西亚诺于 1980 年代在费城对他提起刑事指控。据当局称，费利西亚诺从未出庭解决费城对一名女孩不当行为的指控，他们争辩说，在过去的二十年里，他使用不同的出生日期、姓名和社会安全号码一直在逃。
Hinds 将 Feliciano 的名字列入了在该组织工作或志愿服务的人员名单，这些人员需要进行指纹识别和背景调查。根据 Hinds 发现的有关 Feliciano 之前的刑事指控的信息，据报道，他打算终止作为监护人的工作。然而，就在他要处决他的前几天，海因兹被谋杀了。
作为最佳实践，包括非营利组织在内的组织应在雇佣前对所有员工和志愿者进行彻底的背景调查。任何彻底背景调查的基础都是检查过去的地址历史，这通常基于候选人的社会安全号码 (SSN)。检查 SSN还有助于发现候选人历史上的任何差异。例如，如果您确定 SSN 是在候选人的出生日期之前签发的，这可能会突出进行进一步调查的必要性。
The recent tragic workplace murder reported by a wanted fugitive highlights the importance of having effective background check policies and procedures in place. The suspect was employed by a nonprofit and never received a background check.
Prosecutors argued that the victim, Edward Hinds, discovered that the suspect, Jose Feliciano, a janitor, had failed to have his fingerprints or background checked in accordance with the organization's policies, and that Feliciano had filed criminal charges against him in Philadelphia in the 1980s. Feliciano never appeared in court to settle allegations of misconduct against a girl in Philadelphia, according to authorities, who argued that he had been on the run for the past two decades using different birth dates, names and Social Security numbers.
Hinds added Feliciano's name to a list of people who work or volunteer at the organization and are subject to fingerprinting and background checks. Based on information Hinds uncovered about Feliciano's previous criminal charges, he reportedly planned to terminate his employment as a guardian. However, a few days before he was to execute him, Hinds was murdered.
As a best practice, organizations, including nonprofits, should conduct thorough background checks on all employees and volunteers before hiring. The basis of any thorough background check is a check of past address history, which is usually based on a candidate's Social Security number (SSN). Checking the SSN can also help spot any discrepancies in a candidate's history. For example, if you determine that the SSN was issued before the candidate's date of birth, this may highlight the need for further investigation.
