Little League Background Checks Presentation

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Little League Background Checks Presentation
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Little League New Search Activity

• Total searches in 2008 through ChoicePoint
• 262,756

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Sample of Offenses Found in 2008

• SEX OFFENSES
• SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH A CHILD
• AGG CRIM SEX ASLT/THREAT
• FIRST DEGREE SEXUAL OFFENSE PERJURY
• FIRST DEGREE RAPE
• SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH MINOR
• FIRST DEGREE CHILD MOLESTATION
• SHOWING OBSCENE MATERIAL TO A MINOR
• AGGRAVATED CHILD ABUSE
• MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES
• MURDER SECOND DEGREE-ATTEMPTED
• DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED 3RD OR MORE
• CANNABIS TRAFFICKING
• FLEEING OR ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE
• FORGERY COUNTERFEITING
• LEWD ACT
• ANIMAL CRUELTY CRUEL NEGLECT
• CHECK- NO ACCOUNT

• ABUSE / ASSAULT / ROBBERY / MURDER
• AGG ROBBERY ROBBERY-DEADLY WPN-STREET
• 2ND/ATTMPTD
• 1ST HOMICIDE/MANSLTR/CONSPIR
• AGG VEH HIJACKING/WEAPON
• AGGRAVATED KIDNAPING/ARMED
• AGRAVATED ASSAULT
• ARMED ROBBERY DANGER/REPETIT/ENHANCE
• BATTERY (DOMESTIC)
• CHILD ABUSE CHILD ABUSE 2ND DEGREE
• FELONY ASSAULT
• FELONY BATTERY (SIMPLE)
• FELONY CHILD ABUSE-SERIOUS INJ
• MURDER
• MURDER/INTENT TO KILL/INJURE
• ROBBERY / WEAPON
• SHOOTING AT WITHIN OR INTO A VEHICLE
• FIRST DEGREE MURDER
• PETTY THEFT

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Background Data

• 156 leagues ordered 1-4 searches
• 97 leagues ordered 5-9 searches
• 3,268 leagues ordered 10 or more searches
• 17 increase over 2007
• 1,170 leagues signed up with ChoicePoint, but ran
  no background checks.

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Background Data

• Little League has 163,411 teams in the U.S.
• Averaging 6 volunteers per team, Little League
  expects to screen 980,466 volunteers this year.
• ChoicePoint has conducted 254,925 or 27 of the
  Little League background checks YTD.
• What method is being used to screen
• the other 700,000 volunteers?

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Food for Thought

• Are you doing all of the background checks that
  are required?
• Coaches
• Practice Coaches
• Board Members
• Umpires
• Misc. positions
• Equipment manager
• Field maintenance
• Scorekeeper
• Announcer
• General volunteer
• 5 to 6 people per team should be an average
  number of people per league to check.

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Criminal Record Sources

• Approximately 664,631 individuals are in state
  sex offender registries.1
• Approximately 88 million people and 265 million
  records are contained in the ChoicePoint National
  Criminal File.
• In 2007, the ChoicePoint National Criminal File
  contained approximately 8.9 million sex related
  crimes. Today, the file contains approximately
  11.5 million sex related crimes, an increase of
  2.6 million crimes.
• If only a Sex Offender Registry is checked which
  contains 664,631 individuals, approximately 10.8
  million records could be undetected.
• A check conducted through local or state law
  enforcement almost always does not meet the
  Little League minimum requirement as it checks
  only local and state records and is not a
  National Check.
• The local league determines if the Social
  Security Number is mandatory. It is not
  mandatory to have the SSN to use ChoicePoint.

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Citation

• The National Center for Missing and Exploited
  Children, Registered Sex Offenders in the United
  States Per 100,000 Population, The National
  Center for Missing and Exploited Children,
  http//www.missingkids.com/en_US/documents/sex-off
  ender-map.pdf, Accessed 7 October 2008.

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Criminal Record Sources

• People with drug, assault, robbery, murder,
  theft, driving violations do not appear on a sex
  offender registry check.
• It is important to know about these crimes before
  they are possibly assigned to work with children
  or drive them to and from games/practices.
• Be comfortable with your screening choices.
• You may have to defend what
• background check tool you used
• and who has been checked.

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• Dear Little League Applicant
• You are receiving this letter because you have
  applied to be a volunteer or employee of Little
  League. ChoicePoint has been selected
• to verify the information you provided on your
  application.
• As part of the verification process, we provide
  information from various government agencies and
  sex offender registries. In most
• states, we alert Little League only when a
  criminal record matches at least two of a
  persons personal identifiers, such as name and
• date of birth, or name and Social Security
  number.
• However, sex offender registries from several
  states list offenders by name and do not provide
  sufficient personal identifiers to help
• differentiate between two people with the same
  name. Little League is aware of the fact that
  these states do not provide any other
• personal identifiers and still requires
  ChoicePoint to report any match of an applicants
  name if it is associated with a criminal record,
• even when no other information is made available
  by government officials. According to the
  records, you share the same name with a
• known criminal. Further information is attached
  for your review.
• Little League is aware this record may not be
  yours, and they are committed to investigating
  the situation before approving or
• denying your application or concluding that the
  record belongs to you. Please be assured this
  information is confidential and will not
• be provided to anyone other than Little League.

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ChoicePoint Enhancements

• Accomplished
• New Account Setup/Credentialing
• Implemented credentialing team and toll-free
  number dedicated to nonprofit customers.
• New application turnaround time decreased to 48
  hours from 4 days in 2007.
• Contact verification via voice mail accepted.
• Implemented e-signature technology for
  streamlined setup.
• Implemented New President/League Official online
  form to expedite a change of contact.
• Order/Invoicing
• Implemented process to allow 80 free searches
  before credit card information is required.
• Credit card batch billing implemented to replace
  billing per background check.
• Little League Landing Page
• Added FAQs link.
• Implemented ability to search for an established
  ChoicePoint account by using the Little League
  ID.
• Implemented self-paced training video specific to
  Little League.
• Report Results
• Addition of photographs to Sex Offender records.

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Does your league have an account with ChoicePoint?

• Access the ChoicePoint website for Little League
  through the
• Child Protection Page or go to the site directly
  http//littleleague.choicepoint.com/
• Enter your league ID to see if your league is
  registered with ChoicePoint.

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If your league is registered with ChoicePoint

• The system will indicate the current League
  President/Officer on the account.
• If you are not the person indicated, access the
  President/League Official Contact Information
  Change Form and follow the instructions for
  updating your information with ChoicePoint.
• If you are the person indicated, follow the
  instructions for logging in or resetting your
  password, if needed.

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If your league is NOT registered with ChoicePoint

• Confirm the ID entered is correct and resubmit if
  necessary.
• If the league ID is confirmed, select the New
  Users click here link to access the ChoicePoint
  Subscriber Application.
• Complete and submit the online sign-up form.
• ChoicePoint will contact you to verify your
  request.

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E-Signature Agreement

• After completing the ChoicePoint Subscriber
  Application, acknowledge the agreement.
• The e-signature allows online submission of the
  agreement eliminating the need to fax the
  Permissible Purpose document to ChoicePoint.

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E-Signature Agreement

• I understand that typing my name in the Type Name
  section below and clicking on the
• Submit link below, constitutes my electronic
  signature, dated as of when I click on the
• link, and that by doing so
• I am agreeing to comply with the provisions of
  the Fair Credit Reporting Act cited in Section 3
  in the Service Agreement incorporated herein, and
  
• I am authorizing ChoicePoint to conduct the
  background check(s) described above for
  employment purposes only, which includes hiring,
  promotion, reassignment and retention decisions,
  and
• The information obtained will not be ordered or
  used in violation of any Federal or state law or
  regulation, and
• I am consenting to use electronic means to (i)
  sign this form, and (ii) receive the Disclosure
  Statement appearing above.
• Note If I want a paper copy of this
  transaction, I will use the print function
  available to
• me.
• I hereby certify that I have direct knowledge of
  the facts stated above and that I am
• authorized to execute this Agreement on behalf of
  the company listed above.

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FAQ and information links are on the Little
League landing page and open in a new window.
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Little League Customer Support

• Toll-free 866.399.6647
• Available 24/7