More than the aforementioned uses of the process, local enforcement agencies and the government as a whole rely on the ability of background checking in bringing in information that they would need of a person for the completion of their public duties. Citing as example, police officers may use their own database to check on traffic violators and implement penalties thereon depending on the gravity of the offence and its frequency. Sherriff depends on this same process in gun applicants – as filter and determinant whether the applicant is qualified to own arms. They may also use the same process to countercheck a suspect’s identity and to determine whether such a suspect has pending cases to face. The government on the other hand uses this procedure the way other companies do – for employment.

Ironically though, despite the multiple usage of background checking many people still does not take it seriously. This negligence often results in negative incidents and unjust decisions which would in the long run advance discrimination and other relative human rights abuse and violations. Such a case for example is when an enforcer illegally browsed on police reports and records to check information of a reporter who happened to have reported bad things about the said officer in Toronto.

Taking this process seriously will not just yield positive result for the part of the one who requested for the process but also will foster knowledge on the part of the searched and checked. Otherwise, when provision of the law on this matter is over-passed, result would likely turn to be disparaging on both sides.  Karen P. Becker