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Ten Out of Ten - Highly Recommend

Immediately after receiving Truly’s application back, Justin decided it was time to initiate her background investigation report. He knew that he not only wanted to check out her criminal and work history, but also wanted to make sure that her character and level of professionalism would be in line with Fancy Valley’s mission, vision, and values.

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Spotlight: CI Has Your Back

Prevention of a security breach is our first priority! Our team has extensive security measures in place to protect against loss or misuse of information under our control. All confidential information is encrypted during transmission, and all computers and servers within our network our protected by certified firewalls.

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A Mounting Battleground: Federal Crimes

In 2018, Commercial Investigations LLC saw about a 400 percent increase in federal criminal convictions when compared with data from 2016 and 2017— and the year is not over! With numbers continually on the rise, it is important to recognize and understand new trends and prepare for emerging threats in a shifting paradigm.

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Captain Vigilant™ - Continuous Monitoring

Let’s imagine that you get to work one morning and find out that one of your employees was arrested for manslaughter. You will find out about it quickly because the news outlets will be all over it. In addition, their absence from work will be noticed immediately! But what if they were charged with a DWI or petit larceny?

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Are You a Clay Pot? Because You’re Fired!

Duey was feeling like Nancy should be given a chance despite Rob Berry’s ultimatum. Justin had the opposite feeling. “COPS is one of our biggest clients!” Justin exclaimed. “We can’t afford to lose them, Duey.”

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Believe It or Not

It is almost like working in a hospital everyday where there is some crazy story or exciting new adventure going on. Many times we’re left laughing or in wonder due to something scandalous, challenging, disheartening, or simply outrageous going on. Let’s play “Believe It or Not”, shall we?

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Spotlight: 2018 CI Outings

In addition to our team building outing, at the beginning of June we finally celebrated converting all our wonderful clients over to our new software. This conversion took some serious group effort, and we are so proud of the outcome.

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CI Speaks: Behind the Red Curtain

In this edition of CI Speaks, we had the pleasure of sitting down to chat with our resident rockstar, Sherry! Many of you probably have spoken to Sherry over the course of her tenure at CI. Sherry is one of the pillars that helps hold all of CI together. She not only assists clients with information on pricing and packages, she is available to answer questions about our software and set up options.

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Press Release: CI’s Eye on Legislation

The revisions bring the DOT panel into alignment with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services revised guidelines for Federal drug-testing programs for urine testing. The final rule amends other aspects of the DOT’s processes as well, which can be found in their entirety on the DOT’s website.

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Employment Falsifications

Spotting falsifications and helping our clients make smart hiring decisions. We find value in educating our clients and providing our expertise.

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Spotlight: Mission, Vision, and Values

Our Mission statement is to provide background investigations with industry leading service through creative solutions - one client at a time. We do this by sticking to our Values with a focus on our Vision for the future.

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Ohio is for Misdemeanors

Duey and Justin set a start date and felt confident that they made the right choice in hiring Nancy. However, a few days later they received a monthly notification from Commercial Investigations Vigilant US service.

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Doug User, More Like Drug Abuser!

Duey opened Doug’s report and saw the unimaginable. Positive for opiates and marijuana. Unsure of what to do, he called Justin and Sue into his office.

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Spotlight: Coming Soon - CIware ATS

CIware ATS is integrated to work seamlessly with CIware 2.0 for a complete hiring and background investigation solution, or a standalone ATS for any company.

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Do You Know Who's Driving You?

Ride sharing has become increasingly popular in recent years, as it is often a fast and less expensive alternative to the standard taxi cab. While the convenience of a ride share can be very appealing, have you ever stopped to wonder who is behind the wheel of the vehicle? What measures have been taken to determine your driver is capable of keeping you safe?

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Due Diligence: Reverse Nepotism

Now that Duey was face to face with his father, Due knew this decision wouldn’t be easy nor without consequences. Due had given up his freedom in an act of selflessness so Duey could live a better a life. And that’s exactly what he was doing. Duey became the CEO of a successful company that was continuing to expand.

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Spotlight: New Drug Test Available

Since there has been a significant and alarming increase in incidences of Oxycodone and Hydrocodone use in recent years, as measured by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, a more comprehensive drug test has become available.

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Negative-Dilute Results

With pre-employment drug testing, a negative-dilute specimen is a urine specimen that has a greater concentration of water than that of a normal urine specimen. Dilution is the process of reducing the concentration of drug or drug metabolites. This can be either purposeful or accidental.

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