USIS Guardian™ National Sex Offender Search

USIS Guardian™ is the most comprehensive sex offender search product available to the public. USIS Guardian™ searches over 500,000 registered sex offenders from 49 states, does not include HI, plus Washington, D.C. via the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Sex Offender Public Registry.

• Safety and welfare of employees, customers and the general public
• Negligent hiring/retention lawsuits
• Your company's reputation

Company Risk:
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, sixty percent of convicted sex offenders are on parole or probation; and, when compared to non-sex offenders released from prison, released sex offenders were four times more likely to be rearrested for a sex crime. A high percentage of sex offenders on parole, coupled with the increased likelihood of these offenders re-committing a sex crime, means employers have to be especially diligent in screening employees for sex offenses.

Negligent hiring lawsuits are often brought against employers whose employees have committed crimes. In a recent appellate court case (Blair vs. Defender Services), it was determined that an employer may be liable for the acts of an employee when:

"An employer in placing a person with known propensities, or propensities which should have been discovered by reasonable investigation, in an employment position in which, because of the circumstances of the employment, it should have been foreseeable that the hired individual posed a threat of injury to others."

• USIS Guardian™ is not a database search, unlike other national sex offender searches
• Provides the most comprehensive nationwide coverage of sex offender registrants searching 49 states plus D.C.*
• Cost-effective, accessible solution for ordering sex offender records
• Turnaround time is 24-72 hours
• Compliant for California employers

*Records from Hawaii are not included with USIS Guardian™.