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Friday, January 11, 2013

Should Teachers, Child Care Workers Submit Fingerprints for Background Checks?

Gov. Deval Patrick signed legislation that would require teachers, workers at child care centers and school bus drivers to submit fingerprints for criminal background checks.

UPDATED FRIDAY, JAN. 11 at 11:55 A.M. Should school and child care employees fingerprinted before starting employment in order to check their criminal backgrounds? The Associated Press recently reported Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is considering signing legislation that would require teachers, workers at child care centers and school bus drivers to submit fingerprints for criminal background checks. On Friday, the state education office announced in a press release that Patrick signed the bill on Thursday, authorizing the Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) and school districts to conduct fingerprint-supported national criminal history background checks on all teachers, school employees and early education providers in …

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Massachusetts State Police Headquarters and Framingham Barracks (in Framingham Patch), Burbine Pleads Not Guilty To 100 Child Sex Counts (in Wakefield Patch), Former Newton Teacher Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Child Porn (in Newton Patch), and 2 more ›

Frugal Fannie

4:50 am on Wednesday, April 10, 2013

These people have contact with our most precious people. Of Course they should be background checked!   more ›

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Do You Recognize This Woman? Authorities Seek ID of Suspected Child Porn Producer

The urgency of finding her is to rescue the 4-5 year-old child victim.

U.S. officials say they urgently need the public's help to identify a suspected child pornography producer. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is seeking the arrest of the unidentified woman for producing child pornography. They also aim to rescue the 4-to-5-year-old victim of sexual exploitation. The "Jane Doe" criminal complaint and arrest warrant signed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is the second obtained by HSI's Child Exploitation Investigations Unit this year. The first Jane Doe was arrested with her husband in Portland, Ore., in September, after the agency sought and received tips from the public to identify her. Jane Doe (photos attached) is …

Anna Bucciarelli

7:20 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Andrew ... is Patch still following this ... is there any further news about it?   more ›

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