Background Investigations: Maintaining Standards in Times of Crisis | Dolan Consulting Group

At a time when law enforcement agencies are facing increasing pressure to recruit and hire new officers as quickly as possible, it is vital that agency leaders ensure that they are hiring qualified applicants rather than giving into the temptations to simply hire “warm bodies.” Those tasked with conducting background investigations of would-be employees play a crucial, if often overlooked, role in the future of an agency.
The department is only as good as its people and, therefore, the task of preventing unqualified applicants from falling through the cracks of the hiring process is as important as any aspect of a law enforcement agency’s operations. This investigative task is vital, not only for newcomers to the law enforcement profession, but for those lateral hires who apply from outside agencies.