City to require Door to Door Sales Reps be ID badged!!

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Commercial salespeople going door-to-door in Huntsville could soon be required to submit to a background check and carry a city-issued photo identification badge.

City Council President Mark Russell said the proposal is meant to provide residents some protection against overzealous salespeople who won't take no for an answer. "We've been approached by people who are feeling unsafe on their own property because of these solicitors," Russell said Monday. "Police have said that there's not much they can do about it right now."

Under the proposed ordinance, only commercial salespeople and professional fundraisers would have to apply to the city for a solicitation permit -- not Girl Scouts, religious groups, political candidates or children participating in school fund drives. Employees and officers representing charitable groups also are exempt.

The ordinance requires door-to-door salespeople or master solicitors representing larger groups to provide a current background report, including any criminal history.

Ex-convicts and parolees would be automatically disqualified. So would anyone recently convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor crime of "moral turpitude." Those who pass the background check and pay an application fee to be determined by the city clerk-treasurer's office would be given a solicitor's permit and photo ID tag. According to the ordinance, the badge would have to be "worn constantly ... in a conspicuous place" while going door-to-door.

"It just basically gives us a little more knowledge of who's out here soliciting," Huntsville police Sgt. Mark Roberts said Monday. "And if you get too many complaints from the public, it gives us the ability to take your license away. "We really haven't had that before," Roberts said.

If the ordinance passes, salespeople could not knock on doors before 8 a.m. or after sunset. Any home with a "No Solicitation" sign in the yard would be off-limits. Violators could be fined up to $500 and sentenced to as much as six months in jail. Michele Mason, CEO of the North Alabama Better Business Bureau, said her organization is "definitely in favor" of background checks on roving salespeople. Mason said there are numerous cases of Huntsville residents being misled by door-to-door salespeople, including a company that failed to deliver magazines bought for U.S. soldiers serving overseas. The permit process "may be a little bit of a nuisance," she said Monday, "but it's hopefully a deterrent for those we don't really want going door-to-door in the neighborhoods."

City Council members have scheduled a work session for 6 p.m. Thursday to discuss the proposal.

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Is a leading background screening company that provides the safest and most secure background screening system for retail Door-to-Door marketing companies and the home service industry.

Not only do we provide an indepth and thorough background check, we also monitor each employee every month for criminal misconduct after hire. Our CrimSPY monitoring system provides the peace of mind companies need in the home service industry. We also provide a very unique ID badging system that allows home owners, busniess owners, and law enforcement agencies the ability to review information about a home service technician or door to door sales rep by either logging into our website to verify an ID badge or into the company website that they're working for. 

Also, if a sales rep has made an appointment with a customer the ID badge can be sent via email. The ID badge will show that the tecnician or sales rep is authorized to enter their home or business. 

If after hire there is a criminal hit, the ID badge will show as FAILED on our website, an alert will be generated to the company they're working for and will also update on the companies website.

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Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year to ALL!!

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Do you think it's necessary to run a background check on an already established employee?

The answer to this question is ABSOLUTELY!


Many companies typically do a yearly background check, but what happens if an employee gets into trouble after they’ve been hired? You’d never know until the following year that there was an issue. This could cause serious consequences for your company and your valued customers.


Protection Plus Solutions provides an array of background screening products that are tailored for the home service industry, but we take it to a whole new level. Once an employee has passed Protection Plus Solutions background screening requirements, they’re provided with a unique ID badge or virtual bade. This ID badge can be viewed by you or your customers 24/7 by logging into our website and entering the serial number from their badge.


The ID badge will display your approved logo; provide the customer with a picture of the employee, their date of birth, the date of the most recent background check, the physical location where they work, plus the phone number of that location and your corporate office information.


We place each of employees on our CrimSPY watch program that monitors them monthly for any sort of criminal activity. If for any reason the employee has an issue or has been arrested, the ID badge is immediately pulled and we notify your office and/or corporate that this employee has an issue. We also place a FAILED symbol by their ID badge on our website.


CrimSPY also provides important information for employers. If they quit or are released for any reason from one location and apply for a position with any of your other locations, you are alerted that this is duplication. Even if no criminal activity has occurred, this will allow the opportunity for your own internal investigation as to any possible work performance issues or other issues of concern at previous locations. We also track your employee’s social security numbers so that someone else cannot use it to work for from one location to the next. This has been an issue for many companies in certain US regions.


You may already be using a background screening company for your employee hiring, but Protection Plus Solutions can assure you that once you see our products and what they can do for your customers and your business you will want to change. Protection Plus Solutions is here to make all your hiring needs SAFE and SECURE!


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