Criminal Background Checks

Discover the power of criminal background checks.

Our tailored searches reveal detailed criminal history, crucial for protecting your vulnerable populations.

The Commercial Investigations Advantage

37% cost savings

Cost Savings

Stop overpaying for background checks! Clients who switched saw savings of up to 37%.

70% faster results

Fast Results

Our New York State Criminal search can provide criminal history 70% faster than the state court!

98% pick up rate

Customer Service

Our Client Services Team maintains a 98% pick-up rate on all incoming calls!

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Protecting Your Business

Maintaining a safe workplace environment is crucial for any business.

Criminal background checks on employees are an essential safeguard against workplace violence, theft, fraud, and misconduct that could jeopardize your operations and put others at risk. By screening:

  • Identity Validation

  • National, State, and County Criminal Databases

  • Sex Offender Registries

You can identify individuals with concerning histories before hiring them into roles where they could potentially harm colleagues, customers, or your assets.

Exhaustive criminal background checks protect your workforce by weeding out high-risk hires and promoting a secure workplace culture.

Protecting Your Business Plan

Three C’s of CI

We provide businesses with a powerful trifecta of advantages that allows our clients to comprehensively vet potential employees while maintaining efficiency. Our criminal background check process delivers:

  • Compliance - CI is staffed with trained investigators that treat every background screening as a background investigation.

  • Customer Service - Our Client Service Team has a 98% pickup rate on customer support phone calls.

  • Cost Savings - $0 setup, maintenance, and CI integration add-on fees on all our ATS/HRIS integrations.

The Three C's of CI empower organizations to make fully informed decisions that protect their interests, reputations, and bottom lines.

Three C's of CI

Hear What Our Clients Say

  • Turnaround Time

    “We needed a background check company that could assist us with quick turnaround time with high quality reports.

    Commercial Investigations has been a tremendous help while also making it a personable experience.”

    - Food Distribution Client

  • Hitting Deadlines

    “We greatly appreciate the partnership we have with Commercial Investigations. Michelle and her team are always responsive.

    They consistently meet our timelines and the reporting provided is concise. Would highly recommend CI!”

    - Healthcare Client

  • Ease of Use

    “Michelle and her team at CI have been an invaluable part of our organizations compliance needs for background checks. They are professional, timely, accurate, and above all nice to work with.

    We screen 1,000s of volunteers on top of our seasonal hires every year and their system is the easiest we have ever used.

    I highly recommend CI for all your background check needs.”

    - Non Profit Clent

  • Professional Partner

    “The entire team at CI are dedicated to their customer service. There has not been a time that I have reached out with a question or for assistance that I didn’t hear back within a few hours.

    I would recommend Commercial Investigations to anyone who is looking to add background checks to their recruitment process.”

    - Education Client

Criminal Background Check Inquiries

National Criminal

A Multi-Jurisdictional or National criminal background check helps identify charges and cases across the entire United States.

County courts provide records to the National database, but the records are not always up-to-date, meaning you could miss information.

County Criminal

A county criminal record search uncovers any criminal charges, cases, and convictions handled at the county level.

New York county courts do not always contain misdemeanor convictions. If you are only doing county criminal searches in NY, you are missing data.

State Criminal

A statewide criminal background check taps into each state's repository of criminal records based on where your applicant has lived.

These searches usually cost an additional government fee, which is $95 per name in New York State.

Cursory Indicator NY™

Cursory Indicator New York is CI’s proprietary NYS criminal record search.

Through a relationship with the NYS Sheriffs’ Association, we provide a NY criminal search that is comparable to the New York State Office of Court Administration’s (NYS OCA) criminal search, but at just half the cost.

Federal Criminal

Searches federal criminal case records from courts, law enforcement, and other federal repositories.

These criminal background checks identify federal crimes such as fraud, embezzlement, drug trafficking across state lines, and more.

International Criminal

An international criminal background check uses databases and repositories from countries outside the United States.

These searches normally have increased turnaround time and cost due to other countries court procedures.

National Sex Offender Registry

Searches all 50 U.S. states, territories and tribal registries to report on any registered sex offenders found.

However, it only contains information on level 2 and 3 offenders (3 being the most severe level). It does not contain level 1 offender information.

State Sex Offender Registry

Searches the state specific sex offender registry, based on where your applicant has lived in the last seven to ten years.

State registries contain all three levels of offender, giving you access to level 1 information before hiring.

Why CI Soars Above the Competition

  • Client Service

    Our Client Service Team has a 98% pickup rate on customer support phone calls.

  • Transparent Pricing

    CI presents total cost with third party fees, so you know exactly what you pay for.

  • Zero Junk Fees

    $0 maintenance, setup, and CI integration add-on fees on all our ATS integrations.

Save on New York State Criminal History

Enhance your New York State criminal background check with our cutting-edge proprietary criminal record search, explained in a one-minute video!

Our New York State criminal record search can empower you to make smarter hiring decisions and build a stronger team.

Employers in New York, watch the video now and stay ahead of the hiring curve!

Customize Your Criminal Background Check with CI