After Possible Sex Assault, Looking Into Background Checks
As former Lansing camp counselor Myron Knox sits in jail, charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old female camper, questions are arising as to what goes into the background checks before these counselors are hired.
But department of parks and recreation couldn’t tell us. "I don’t know what exactly goes into the criminal background checks," says Murdock Jemerson, director of the Parks and Recreation department. So we set to find out– and city Human Resources director Terri Singleton says they begin with a slew of background checks. "They can include driving records, criminal background checks, sex offender registries, physicals," she lists. Those checks, except for the physicals, are done by the Lansing Police Department. "If there’s something out there, we’re going to find that," says Lt. Noel Garcia."If we see something that’s a red flag, we’ll point that out." "Because we’re dealing with children, we probably exclude anyone with a misdemeanor or a felony," Singleton says, though she says a minor misdemeanor, like a traffic violation,, might pass through. Resources for
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