Most will recognize the photo of actor Matt Damon in his fictional portrayal of Massachusetts state trooper Colin Sullivan from the motion picture “The Departed.” Damon plays the role of a dirty cop who infiltrates the state police.
Naturally, Hollywood’s portrayal is over the top, but we know bad cops exist. Thankfully, those numbers are low and not commonplace amongst our nation’s law enforcement agencies. But how do we ensure these people don’t get hired elsewhere?
How does it happen? What measures exist to prevent it from occurring? Is it the result of incomplete background investigations? A lack of quality programs to avert troubled applicants from securing employment? Or is it a combination of multiple factors?
Wouldn’t it be nice to know where your applicants applied in the past, and who’s offered them employment, without digging and spending countless hours to find omissions?
The information sharing between agencies that exists in the LEAD™ should help eliminate problematic officers from gaining employment elsewhere. LEAD™ provides your agency’s background investigators with leads to be followed-up on right away, without trying to find the “needle in the haystack.”
