• Seven-year employment history kept on file
• All employees must sign a confidentiality agreement before employment begins
• All drivers must meet all state licensing requirements
• Employees are drug screened at the time of hire and randomly screened throughout the year (Allshred Services’ conducts monthly random drug testing)
• Comprehensive third party (private investigative firm) background checks and credit reports are performed on each employee
• A third of employees have random criminal background checks annually

Facility Security

• All non-employees entering the facility must sign a log with their name, time-in, affiliation, and time-out, and records must be kept for 12 months
• There is a secure area within the operation that is devoted only to the process of destroying material (Allshred Services’ entire facility is a secure area)
• Unauthorized access to the destruction facility is prevented (No access to Allshred Services’ facility is allowed unless escorted by an Allshred Services’ employee)
• Materials are always attended by a company employee or physically secured from unauthorized access before destruction
• All materials are contained during removal from customer to transportation vehicle to prevent loss from wind and inclement weather and from prying eyes
• Written policies for drivers and processing employees must be in place
• Drivers and processing employees wear company uniforms and photo ID badges to aid in their identity
• There is an audible, monitored alarm system in place and utilized when the building is unoccupied (Allshred Services’ alarm system has a series of motion sensors and infrared beams to monitor all areas of the building; in addition, all entry points have card readers to control access to various parts of the building)
• Closed circuit video monitors the ingress and egress from the building, monitors activity in the building at all times, and all monitoring data is maintained for 90 days (Allshred Services’ customers may log on to our website to watch their material being destroyed through our CCTV camera system)

The Destruction Process

• All vehicles have applicable government inspections, registration and insurance. (Allshred Services’ trucks are also outfitted with GPS technology – we know where they are and what they are doing at all times)
• All vehicles have lockable/securable cabs and lockable/securable enclosed boxes
• Paper is destroyed by equipment that reduces the paper to a particle size that is no wider than 5/8” shred width (Allshred Services’ shreds our material twice by running it through two shredders. We also have a separate shredder for our trash and garbage; nothing leaves our building without being shredded!)
• Standard operating practice dictates that all material is destroyed within 72 hours of acceptance (Allshred Services’ destroys the material within 24 hours)

Insurance & Company Profile

• General Liability Insurance of at least $3 million is maintained (Allshred Services’ carries $4 million)
• Company must be in business for at least five years (Allshred Services’ has been in business for 16 years) (Allshred also has a $1 million Employee Dishonesty policy and a $1 million Professional Liability Policy) 

In addition

• All marketing materials are inspected to check for misleading advertising
• An independent physical inspection is performed annually by Certified Protection Professionals (CPP’s), certified by the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) to ensure compliance with all criteria