As former Lansing camp counselor Myron Knox sits in jail, charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old female camper, questions are arising as to what goes into the background checks before these counselors are hired.

But department of parks and recreation couldn't tell us.

"I don't know what exactly goes into the criminal background checks," says Murdock Jemerson, director of the Parks and Recreation department.

So we set to find out-- and city Human Resources director Terri Singleton says they begin with a slew of background checks.

"They can include driving records, criminal background checks, sex offender registries, physicals," she lists.

Those checks, except for the physicals, are done by the Lansing Police Department.

"If there's something out there, we're going to find that," says Lt. Noel Garcia."If we see something that's a red flag, we'll point that out."

"Because we're dealing with children, we probably exclude anyone with a misdemeanor or a felony," Singleton says, though she says a minor misdemeanor, like a traffic violation,, might pass through.

In Knox's case, however, he passed with flying colors.

"Nothing came up," says Garcia, citing a thorough background check that had been done prior to Knox's hiring. "Nothing gave us a red flag that this person should not be hired."

"We take every precaution necessary," adds Singleton.

The city might be standing behind their hiring practices, but because of this latest incident, they're taking the opportunity to re-evaluate how they hire their camp employees.

"We are looking at our policies and protocol, that's always a good thing to do in a situation like this, make sure our i's are dotted and t's are crossed," Singleton says.

To protect Lansing's fragile cargo from whatever harm possible.