4-31
PRIVATE PATROL OPERATORS.1
4-31.1 Definitions.
As used in this section:
Private patrol license. As all private patrol operators and operators of a private patrol service are required by law to have a State license, for the purpose of brevity, a private patrol operator or an operator of a private patrol service shall be referred to in this section as a “private patrol licensee.”
A private patrol operator or an operator of a private patrol service, shall mean a person who, for any consideration whatsoever, agrees to furnish, or furnishes, a watchman, guard, patrolman, or other person to protect persons or property or to prevent the theft, unlawful taking, loss, embezzlement, misappropriation, or concealment of any goods, wares, merchandise, money, bonds, stocks, notes, documents, papers or property of any kind; or performs the service of such waterman, guard, patrolman, or other person, for any such purposes.
(Code 1972 §27-1)
4-31.2 Compliance by Existing Private Pool Patrol Licensees.
a. Each private patrol licensee operating or doing business within the City upon the effective date of the ordinance from which this section is derived shall, within thirty (30) days therefrom, file at the office of the Police Department on forms furnished by the Chief of Police, the following information:
1. The name, telephone number and address of the private patrol licensee.
2. The license number assigned to the private patrol licensee by the State.
3. The badge number assigned by the private patrol licensee to himself or officer, director, partner, manager, or employee of a private patrol licensee as required by this section.
b. The Chief of Police shall cause all forms required by paragraph a to be kept on file in his office until such records may be destroyed in the manner provided by law and shall cause the forms to be properly indexed.
(Code 1972 §27-2)
4-31.3 Liability Insurance.
a. Each private patrol licensee shall, at his own expense, provide public liability insurance covering his operation under this section and the liability of the City; the liability limits shall be as follows:
1. For personal injury, one hundred thousand ($100,000.00) dollars as to any injury to any one (1) person; three hundred thousand ($300,000.00) dollars as to any one (1) incident.
2. For property damage, fifty thousand ($50,000.00) dollars as to damage to property in any one (1) accident.
3. In lieu of the provisions of subparagraphs 1 and 2, the private patrol licensee may provide a combined public liability single limit liability policy in the amount of one million ($1,000,000.00) dollars, and shall maintain the policy in full force and effect during the period he operates or does business in the City.
b. The City shall be made an additional insured on the policy of insurance required by paragraph a; such insurance shall be with a company satisfactory to the City.
c. Before the expiration of thirty (30) days from the effective date of the ordinance from which this section is derived, each private patrol licensee doing business in the City on that date shall file with the City, by delivering it to the Chief of Police, evidence that he has procured the liability insurance and that it is in full force and effect.
d. All policies and certificates of insurance required by this subsection shall contain substantially the following:
“The policy herein referred to is not cancellable or subject to reduction of coverage by the insurer in less than fifteen (15) days after the City has received written notice thereof, as evidenced by return receipt and registered letter.”
(Code 1972 §27-3)
4-31.4 Compensation Insurance.
Before the effective date of the ordinance from which this section is derived, private patrol licensees shall furnish satisfactory evidence that they have taken out for the period they operate or do business in the City, full compensation insurance with the State Compensation Insurance Fund of the State or with some company authorized to transact business in this State, and such insurance shall be maintained in full force and effect at the private patrol licensees’ expense. (Code 1972 §27-4)
4-31.5 Identifying Signs on Vehicles.
a. All automobiles, trucks, or cycle-type vehicles, other than bicycles and motorcycles used or employed by a private patrol licensee, shall have the following markings: identifying signs on the left and right front door as well as the trunk of any vehicle used for the purpose of patrolling in the City. Such signs must be lettered in not less than one and one-half (1 1/2”) inch size and shall state the name of the private patrol licensee.
b. Motorcycles or bicycles used or employed by a private patrol licensee shall have the same identifying signs as provided in paragraph a. except the location of the signs and the size of the letters shall be as prescribed by the Chief of Police within his reasonable discretion. (Code 1972 §27-5)
4-31.6 Coloration and Marking of Uniforms.
No private patrol licensee, or an officer, director, partner, manager or employee of a private patrol licensee, shall engage in guard or patrol work in the City unless he is clothed in a uniform which is standard slate gray or blue gray in color, with shoulder patches on each shoulder containing the name of the private patrol licensee in clearly legible letters visible to a person of normal vision at a distance of twenty-five (25') feet. (Code 1972 §27-6)
4-31.7 Badges.
No private patrol licensee, or an officer, director, partner, manager or employee of a private patrol licensee, shall engage in guard or patrol work in the City unless he is wearing a badge on his chest, clearly visible, bearing the name of the private patrol licensee and a number which has been assigned by the private patrol licensee to himself, or to an officer, director, partner, manager or employee of the private patrol licensee. The numbers shall be recorded or registered by the private patrol licensee in his office or principal place of business as a permanent record and shall be recorded or registered by the chief of police as provided in subsection 4-31.2. (Code 1972 §27-7)
4-31.8 Provisions Applicable to Private Patrol Operators Commencing Business in the City After May 18, 1971.
The requirements of this section applicable to private patrol licensees not lawfully doing business or operating in the City upon the effective date of the ordinance from which this section is derived shall be the same as those applicable to private patrol licensees already lawfully operating or doing business in the City, except as follows:
a. The private patrol licensee shall file a written application in the office of the Chief of Police, upon forms furnished by the Chief of Police, containing all of the information required by subsection 4-31.2 and shall be signed by the private patrol licensee, or an officer, partner or manager of the private patrol licensee.
b. No applicant shall commence to operate or do business in the City until he has paid his business license tax as required by subsection 4-7.9 and has complied with all of the provisions of this section required as a prerequisite to operating as a private patrol operator or operating a private patrol service in the City.
c. The Chief of Police shall cause all applications to be filed and indexed in his office and to be maintained there until such time as they may be destroyed in the manner provided by law.
d. No such applicant shall commence to operate or do business in the City if the Chief of Police, or other person performing the functions of said office, determines him to be of bad moral character.
e. The phrase “bad moral character” used in the preceding paragraph shall include, but shall not be limited to, conviction of any felony or any other crime involving moral turpitude.
(Code 1972 §27-8; Ord. #1016, §§1--4)
Cross references: Occupational licensing of private patrol operators, subsection 4-7.9p; regulatory permit for private patrol services, subsection 4-8.8.
State law references: Private Investigator and Adjustor Act, Bus. & Prof. Code, §7500 et seq.; local powers with respect to private patrol operators, Bus. & Prof. Code, §7523.