WPXI

11 Investigates: Reported theft in Pittsburgh medic/police building reveals background check issues

PITTSBURGH — 11 Investigates has learned that contract employees in the city of Pittsburgh are required to have specific background checks and clearances before conducting work in a police station.
WSIL-TV

Pritzker signs police background check expansion in Sonya Massey’s honor

SPRINGFIELD – Police agencies in Illinois will soon be required to do more thorough background checks on prospective officers. The measure signed by Gov. JB Pritzker Tuesday came in response to the ...
Daily Inter Lake

Law roundup: Background check amounts to discrimination, says would-be tenant

Upset at finding out that prospective landlords had performed a background check on him that turned up some unsavory ...
wqad

Illinois governor signs police background check expansion in Sonya Massey’s honor

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Police agencies in Illinois will soon be required to do more thorough background checks on prospective officers. The measure signed by Gov. JB Pritzker Tuesday came in response to ...