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Gun Buyers Background Checks Seriously Flawed

Instant background checks on retail gun buyers could infringe on your 2nd amendment rights, or fail to stop a criminal from buying a gun. Mandatory background checks and waiting periods don’t stop crime and violence. National criminal history records are inaccurate. The dealer calls the Federal NCIC system, or in some states, the State’s criminal [...]

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Airport Security Achilles heel

All the extreme and intrusive airport security is really nothing more than smoke & mirrors to give the flying public a false sense of security, when the one biggest security hole, baggage handlers is largely overlooked and ignored. TSA and pilots are well aware of it. While old ladies and little kids are being virtually [...]

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Private Detective License not easy as you would like to think

Thinking about getting your private investigator’s license? Be warned, It’s not as easy as many people claim. Be prepared to do a lot of hard work. In one state in particular, Pennsylvania, getting one is not possible, unless you previously worked for the FBI, Law enforcement, or a PI, also you cannot currently be a [...]

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Colleges & Universities Considering Background Checks

Following a 2004 murder of a University of NC student by a fellow student who had a criminal history of violence against women, colleges and universities are seriously looking into criminal background checks on future applicants. Can you blame them? The victim’s family came to the decision that the University’s admission policies were to blame. [...]

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Crime pays for Chicago Politicians

Who says “crime doesn’t pay?” Well, it certainly does for the Chicago politicians. In the most corrupt city in America, it seems, becoming an ex-convict is a foot-in-the-door for a career in broadcasting or politics. This is a tradition in Chicago politics. This is a no-brainer, given this city’s long history of corruption. For example, [...]

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Expunging Past Crimes a Growing Trend

Given today’s tough job market, it should come as no surprise that more & more job applicants want to have their criminal records sealed or expunged. Finding work is already challenging enough for those with clean records as it is. Employers are playing hardball — digging deeper & deeper into people’s pasts where previously overlooked. [...]

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Adoption Searches

Adoption searches are generally very difficult due to privacy laws, designed to protect the identify of the birth mother. In most states, when a mother puts her kid up for adoption, because he or she was born out of wedlock, teen pregnancy, or whatever reason, she has the legal right to demand her privacy be [...]

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Prison Inmate Links

County Jail Links | Dept of Corrections Centinela Prison Our mission is to provide long-term confinement of men convicted of felonies and incarcerated with the California Dept. of Corrections. Ohio prison inmates Ohio prison search Inmate data updated weekly, photos updated periodically. Florida Dept of Corrections offender search Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office – Search for Who’s [...]

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Detective Ordered to Stand Trial for Murder

Los Angeles Police Department Detective Stephanie Lazarus was ordered to stand trial this week in the 1986 slaying of a hospital nursing director who was married to Lazarus’ one-time boyfriend. The case is particularly disturbing, because no one thought to investigate Lazarus at the time of the murder – most likely they assumed she was [...]

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Do You Know Who’s Watching Your Kids?

School is one of the most important aspects in a child’s life. It teaches them the basic skills necessary to get by in the world. Reading, arithmetic, and science are play a part in the building process of a child’s brain. School is really the first chance a child has to make friends and learn [...]

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