IPMA/IACS offers police background checks. In association with the Illinois State Police, IPMA/IACS offers its members a background check service.

Here’s how it works:

You would provide IPMA/IACS with information on the person(s) to be checked.  A form has been included that would be filled out and faxed to the IPMA office.  We would in turn send the information, via computer, to the Illinois State Police for the background check.  Within 2 weeks, a report will be mailed to the IPMA office showing any information the State Police have on the requested name.  This report will be mailed to you the same day it is received by IPMA.  If the requested name has no record with the State Police, a response takes about a week (mailing time).  If the requested name has something pending on their record, the report will show “pending” and within 60 days the pending item would be resolved.  After being resolved, we would receive a report with updated information.

The cost for this service is $10.00 per requested name for a background check.

Special Note:

According to the Illinois State Police, if a background check is being requested for employment or licensing purposes, you are required to obtain a signed release from the applicant and maintain it on file for at least two years. 

This is not something that you would need to fax to IPMA.  It would need to be kept for your records.  A sample release form is included with this mailing that you could use for this purpose.  Our attorney has looked it over to ensure that it is legal.

This should prove to be a very useful tool to you, our members, during your interviewing and hiring of new employees and at a very reasonable price. 

If you need further information or have questions about our new member service, please contact Brenda at the IPMA office.  The phone number is 217/544-4609 Ext. 21.  She would be happy to answer any questions you might have.