Background Solutions, a technology provider, has collaborated with Harvey, Ward and Associates, Inc. to create Background Assistant, a revolutionary case management tool designed specifically for the law enforcement background investigator.

Harvey, Ward and Associates, Inc. have been relied upon nationally since 1993 to bring up-to-date, relevant, state of the art information regarding the process of hiring in law enforcement today. The founding partners, Mr. Ward and Mr. Harvey, drew on their extensive hiring experience with a major Texas police agency to build a seminar curriculum. This seminar that focuses on the hiring and screening of police applicants has been taught throughout the United States with students representing municipal, county and state law enforcement entities. Through this association with hundreds of police departments, they have assembled a collection of the best practices in law enforcement screening and documentation methodologies.
	These best practices are built into the Background Assistant software to support both the novice and experienced background investigator by providing a system that enables data capture, case management and documentation. The comprehensive personal history statement, correspondence features, field contact screens and final report generation were developed with the police background investigator in mind. Background Assistant allows the detective to spend less time on administration, and more time on investigation.