Bill requires criminal background check for SC port workers
The House has given key approval to a bill that
would require criminal background checks for workers at South Carolina's ports.
South Carolina Ports Authority spokesman Byron Miller says the agency currently
cannot search for past criminal records for people who are not state employees.
The bill requires a fingerprint-based criminal check by the South Carolina Law
Enforcement Division and the FBI for all employees working with cargo.
The death of a worker earlier this year prompted tougher screening. Archie
Porcher of Cainhoy was charged with reckless homicide after being accused of
running over 42-year-old Bill Hughes at the Wando Welch Terminal of the Port of
Charleston on February 12th. Porcher had been previously convicted on armed
robbery and drug charges.
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