It is CRITICAL for you to only hire the best people while investing the time in screening employee’s through proper and consistent background verifications.
Hiring a service is the recommended approach in helping to ensure you don’t accidentally hire someone with a past. InfoMart is one company which does county level searches (not just a database search). To learn more, download the flyer here.
Here is a sampling of some resources for background screening: Snagajob, Backgroundchecks.com, InfoMart, HireRight, Axiom, etc.