Criminal Check

No more waiting for three months and more for that vital criminal check on your employee or prospective employee. Polyinc Polygraphing Services, based in Port Elizabeth and servicing the entire Eastern Cape will come to you and perform a criminal check on your employees that will be available within 48 hours.

Polyinc Criminal Check utilises a state of the art flatbed fingerprint scanner and, in association with Ideco AFISwitch, is authorised to query the SAPS database for criminal records. Fingerprinting and checking is done from the comfort of your office.

Phone Mike Barker to schedule your Criminal Record Checks: 073 2740768

About Ideco AFISwitch

Ideco is South Africa’s sole service provider of automated criminal background checks for the private sector. This service, known as AFISwitch, interfaces with the SAPS AFIS to determine the criminal record status of a person. AFISwitch either captures digital fingerprints by means of electronic fingerprint scanners, or by using FBI-approved flatbed scanners. The AFISwitch service turnaround time is approximately 48 hours as opposed to the weeks or even months required by the conventional paper-based service. AFISwitch allows companies and institutions to undertake background checks on job applicants and existing employees, as well as to obtain clearance certificates for the purposes of emigration, permanent residence, international investment and foreign directorships.

Integrated Live-scan Stations

Ideco’s integrated live-scan stations (iLS) digitally capture fingerprints, photos, signatures and demographic data. The stations are linked to an AFIS, where insertion into and verification against the database are performed. Live-scan replaces traditional manual fingerprint capture which involves the acquisition of fingerprints on paper forms. The lengthy manual process, which can take several weeks, has now been shortened to a couple of hours. One of Ideco’s clients for iLS is the SA Police Service which is deploying the equipment in police stations and criminal record centres throughout South Africa.