City Council
MEETING DATE: 3/9/2016
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Contract with Barrister Professional Services, LLC., for Background Investigations on Applicants for Medical Cannabis Businesses
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FROM:
George Crum, Chief of Police
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends the City Council approve a contract with Barrister Professional Services, LLC to complete background investigations on Medical Cannabis Businesses within the City, and authorize the City Manager to execute the Service Agreement.
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BACKGROUND:
The Police Department has three part time background investigators that are tasked with conducting backgrounds for Police Officers, Dispatchers, Police Reserve Officers, Police Cadets and Firefighters. The internal background investigators completed four Marijuana Dispensary applications while balancing the prospective employee background demands. Police Administration began researching other viable options eight months ago to speed up the process with the intent to present a private investigator contract firm to the City Council. This firm has been identified and can conduct Marijuana Dispensary and Marijuana Cultivation applicant background checks in a timely fashion. This will allow our in-house background investigators to concentrate and commit 100 percent of their time to completing background investigations on Cathedral City Police Department and Fire Department applicants.
Police Administrators contacted the City Attorney during this research to inquire if they were aware of any such companies other cities were utilizing for backgrounds. The City Attorney put a request out via the internet on the City Attorney website asking the subscribers if they were aware of any private investigators that conduct backgrounds on Marijuana Dispensaries. We received several contractor names from attorneys that responded to the request that had positive comments about private investigator firms they had worked with that had conducted various ba...
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