Metro can save a lot of time hiring the same companies that the US government uses for backgrounds or hire some retired law enforcement as civilians to do that. LMPD is too short staffed to have sworn people doing nonessential tasks anymore. They can get most of them done in 4 weeks or less. Some with complicated backgrounds may take longer. Here's how I'd do it --Written exam offered in combination with a POPS physical exam every month on a Saturday. Send emails to those who pass telling them where