InvestigationsNow.com is the brainchild of police officer Kenneth Bachman. The site, launched earlier this year, caters to employers and civilians alike. Officer Bachman said knowing the background of a new nanny, neighbor or even significant other can be pivotal in today's world.

"I first developed the idea for the website by listening to civilians telling me horror stories of nannies abusing children, boyfriends being charged with domestic abuse and neighbors distributing illegal narcotics in the middle of the night," Bachman said. "Some of these situations could have been avoided had people had prior access to inexpensive, legal background investigations."

He said numerous employers as well as private citizens often seek out legal alternatives for conducting background checks. However, until now legal, reputable and especially affordable investigation services have been few and far between.

“With InvestigationsNow.com, anyone can gain access to these powerful background checks in an extremely easy and discreet fashion,” Bachman said.

For a modest one-time fee, users gain access to the many features this website boasts: unlimited online searches across any U.S. state and country. The site also offers sources for public and vital records, advanced people search tools and 100 percent legal investigation sources used by private detectives and law enforcement officials the world over.

A few of the records accessible via InvestigateNow.com include:

• Public Records

• Birth Records

• Genealogy

• Court and Criminal Records

• Military Records

• Employee Background Verifications

• DMV and DUI

Lifetime membership with unlimited searches through InvestigationsNow.com costs $24.95. Some individuals have actually started their own Private Investigator business utilizing their membership privileges on a daily basis. The possibility of checking out anyone from babysitters to boyfriends is enticing, and the website is gaining in popularity as word spreads throughout the online community. Bachman hopes the site continues to grow and serve as a useful online tool for those seeking to be proactive in making proper hiring decisions or simply protect themselves from harm.

"Not everybody can have access to the tools that come with working in law enforcement," Bachman said. “But I think this is a great way to narrow the gap and help put power back into the hands of law abiding private citizens and businesses,” Bachman said.

Officer Bachman runs Shore Network Connections LLC, a company whose ventures also include BadgeVacations.com, offering discounted travel rates to emergency service personnel.