VETTED

Background Investigation

Background Investigation Software for Public Safety

What makes Vetted great for your agency

Integrates with Insight (ATS)

Easily send applicants from the Exam Plan or Referred List in Insight to Vetted.
Configures to Your Agency

Configure Personal History Statements, waivers, checklists, and more by role.
Securely Store Applicant Data

Manage and store highly sensitive candidate data so only select employees can view and access.

It is clear Vetted was designed with background investigators and applicants in mind. It's so intuitive to configure and navigate.

Assistant Chief Scott Opie, Department of Public Safety, Longmont Colorado

See how it works

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Bring all your public safety hiring into one system

Insight (ATS) integration: Pre-screen applicants in your applicant tracking system prior to starting the investigation process. Easily send the applicant to Vetted to begin their personnel history statement (PHS).
Social and credit checks: Initiate a financial or social media/online presence check and receive a report of the results.
Status updates: Recruiters using Insight see a high-level status of the investigation process for visibility of where the candidate is in the process.

Create an applicant-centric public safety hiring process

Online personal history statement (PHS): Personal information from the application will auto-populate in Vetted if you use Insight as your applicant tracking system (ATS). Applicants don’t have to enter the same information multiple times.
Applicant dashboard: It's easy for applicants to keep track of their progress and stay organized.
Supporting Documents: Uploading documents is as easy as drag-and-drop. Applicants can easily add, view, or replace documents throughout the process.

Fill essential roles in less time with a faster investigation process

Investigator Dashboard: See the progress of each investigation from one place.
Checklists: Configurable applicant and investigator checklists keeps everyone organized.
PHS Logic & Flags: Quickly determine candidate eligibility and surface disqualifications faster so you can spend more time on qualified applicants.
Final Report: Easily generate a PDF version and eliminate manual processes by sending final reports through an electronic approval workflow process.
Reference Verification: Keep investigations moving efficiently with automated updates when you receive a reference response.

Top Questions We Get Asked

Vetted eliminates paper-based processes and fragmented digital workflows by offering a centralized, secure portal for managing all aspects of background investigations. From collecting personal history statements (PHS) and reference checks to digital faxes and social media reports, Vetted drastically reduces the administrative burden on investigators. Real-time progress tracking, checklists, and Insight integration help fill critical public safety roles faster without compromising the depth or integrity of the investigation.

A background check typically includes basic items like criminal history and credit reports. In contrast, Vetted supports a full investigative process – including in-depth PHSs, supporting documents, checklists, reference correspondence automation, investigator summaries, disqualification automation and tracking, and more. It allows agencies to document disqualifiers, standardize processes, and compile a comprehensive applicant information for decision-makers, ensuring thorough vetting of every candidate.

Yes. For agencies using Insight, Vetted seamlessly pulls over applicant data, such as contact information and application details, reducing duplicate entry for both candidates and staff. As candidates move from pre-qualifications to background, data is automatically passed to Vetted, and the system also passes investigation statuses back to insight so HR has visibility – keeping everything in one place and improving visibility between HR and public safety departments.

Vetted helps agencies to standardize their process to build legal defensibility. It ensures investigators document every step of the process and provides built-in audit trails, access controls, and digital attestation. When challenges arise – such as appeals or legal inquiries – agencies can demonstrate due diligence with time-stamped activity logs, signed reports, and disqualification reason tracking.

Vetted offers reporting dashboards and custom reports for up-to-date details on candidate status, completion timelines, investigator activity, and disqualification trends. These tools help leadership stay informed, HR remain compliant, and investigators prioritize tasks. Users can schedule reports to be automatically emailed to themselves or others in the agency at a specific cadence, reducing the need to repeatedly pull the same reports. Vetted’s reports can be used for audits, staffing forecasts, or board presentations – giving agencies the transparency you need to operate efficiently and defensibly.

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Supporting the Entire Employee Lifecycle

We understand the challenges public sector agencies face, and we’ve built solutions to meet them. Our integrated platform supports every stage of the employee journey, from hiring and onboarding to growth, retention, and compliance. NEOGOV empowers you to build stronger communities through better workforce management. Schedule a free consultation to get started.