It doesn’t surprise me when the most obvious institutions fail to conduct adequate background checks which should include sex offender registry searches. A quote I use in every speaking engagement states: “Temptation knocks only once while opportunity leans on the doorbell!” Sex offenders put themselves in situations where they are around potential victims.
Ogden School District volunteer dismissed when found on sex offender list
Police chief says district should have conducted background check
Article Last Updated: 03/23/2008 11:42:54 AM MDT
Posted: 11:33 AM- OGDEN – Ogden School District officials say the district didn’t violate state law when it failed to run a criminal background check on school volunteer who was later identified as a convicted sex offender.
District officials say the law requires checks only when a volunteer will have unsupervised contact with school kids – and that wasn’t the case. The volunteer directed traffic in the parking lot at Bonneville Elementary School.
Ogden Police Chief Jon Greiner disagrees. He says the district skirted state law and that checks are required no matter what job a volunteer performs. He says the county attorney should review the situation to see if legal action is warranted.
The district dismissed the man last week after a parent found him listed on Utah’s sex offender registry.
