Friday, November 17, 2006

A 'Minor' Problem

Whenever I am posting articles on my blog, I usually wonder if they influence those who stumble upon them. Maybe some think that I have this weird obsession on public files or documents, such as court records.

It would seem that one person did find my posts interesting. I received a message from him a few weeks ago, telling me that my articles have convinced him that one should really be careful when dealing with strangers.

His first attempt to practice the things that I’ve been preaching didn’t go smoothly. He interviewed two teenage boys that he intended to hire for a small garage makeover project. After gathering their personal details, he then proceeded to browse through court records to check if the two had previous troubles with the law. To his dismay, he was denied access to some records.

I told him that juvenile records are usually sealed. This doesn’t mean though, that he’ll always be stuck in a dead end as far as conducting background checks on teens is concerned. There are many ways by which one could investigate or go through the profiles of persons, regardless of their age.

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