[R.O. 2005 §20-36; CC 1997 §20-36]
Any private watchman providing service within the City limits
of Ellisville will be licensed in accordance with all requirements,
rules, laws, training, etc., as specified by St. Louis County, who
is the licensing agent.
[R.O. 2005 §20-37; CC 1997 §20-37]
It shall be unlawful for any person to act, serve or be employed
as a private watchman or security guard in the City without first
having registered with, applied to and received from the Chief of
Police a special permit and identification card; provided however,
that the provisions of this Article shall not apply to regular employees
on private property who do not carry firearms.
[R.O. 2005 §20-38; CC 1997 §20-38]
Every person desiring to act, serve or be employed as a private
watchman or security guard in the City shall make written application
for a special permit and identification card to the Chief of Police,
shall file with such application two (2) unmounted photographs of
himself/herself (taken full face and not larger than one and one-half
(1½) inches by two and one-half (2½) inches) and shall
allow his/her fingerprints to be taken by the Police Department at
the time he/she submits his/her application.
[R.O. 2005 §20-39; CC 1997 §20-39]
A.
The form
of application to be submitted shall be prescribed by the Chief of
Police, must be executed by the person desiring to serve as a private
watchman or security guard in the City, must be signed by a responsible
person or group of persons or on behalf of a responsible corporation
who shall indicate their intention to employ the applicant as a private
watchman or security guard, and such application shall contain the
following information:
1.
The
name, address and date and place of birth of the person seeking a
special permit and identification card as a private watchman or security
guard together with the name and address of the person by whom he/she
was last employed, the nature of his/her previous employment and the
length of time he/she was so employed;
2.
The
name, address and nature of the business of the person desiring to
employ the applicant as a private watchman or security guard; and
3.
The
address and description of the premises or locality upon or within
which the applicant is to serve as a private watchman or security
guard.
[R.O. 2005 §20-40; CC 1997 §20-40]
Applicants for a private watchman's or security guard's special
permit and identification card in the City shall deposit the sum of
ten dollars ($10.00) upon submission of the application. Said sum
shall defray the costs of investigation of each applicant and shall
be deposited in the General Revenue Fund of the City.
[R.O. 2005 §20-41; CC 1997 §20-41]
The Council may waive any portion or all of the deposit provided for in Section 610.050 and may eliminate the requirements for a special permit and identification card as provided for in Section 610.020 in the case of private watchmen or security guards employed by recognized detective, investigation, security or protection agencies; provided, that the employees of such detective, investigation, security or protection agencies shall register with the Chief of Police by completing the form of application and submitting the information required by Section 610.040 and upon so doing shall, with the approval of the Council, be deemed to have complied with this Chapter.
[R.O. 2005 §20-42; CC 1997 §20-42]
Special permits shall be issued for a period of one (1) year
or less and shall be surrendered at such time as employment of the
private watchman or security guard is terminated, unless application
has been made for renewal or when the permit is voided for any reason.
[R.O. 2005 §20-43; CC 1997 §20-43]
A.
Special
permits and identification cards may be renewed without cost from
year to year under the following conditions:
1.
If the
watchman or guard has been continuously employed and is still employed
by the same employer as when his/her special permit and identification
card was issued, the employer shall notify the Chief of Police no
later than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the present
special permit of his/her intention to retain the watchman or guard
in his/her employ beyond the present period for which the permit was
issued and shall in writing request the renewal of the watchman's
or guard's special permit and identification card.
2.
Prior
to the renewal of a special permit and identification card and not
later than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the special
permit and identification card then in effect, the watchman or guard
shall present himself/herself at the Police Department for fingerprinting.
3.
At the
time renewal is made, the watchman or guard will receive from the
Chief of Police a new special permit and identification card.
[R.O. 2005 §20-44; CC 1997 §20-44]
In the event of theft or loss of a private watchman's or security
guard's special permit and identification card, the watchman or guard
shall immediately inform the Chief of Police in writing of such theft
or loss and the circumstances surrounding such theft or loss.
[R.O. 2005 §20-45; CC 1997 §20-45]
The special permits and identification cards of private watchmen
or security guards shall be voidable by the Chief of Police without
the necessity for his/her citing any cause therefor and with or without
notice to the holder of the special permit or to the corporation or
person employing the holder of the special permit and identification
card. Special permits and identification cards shall terminate automatically
upon termination of the employment of a private watchman or security
guard by a corporation or person, who shall have signed the application
together with the applicant, and such corporation or person shall
promptly notify the Chief of Police of the termination of such special
permit and identification card or upon the termination of employment
of a private watchman or security guard, it shall be the duty of such
private watchman or security guard to immediately surrender his/her
special permit and identification card to the Chief of Police.
[R.O. 2005 §20-46; CC 1997 §20-46]
Any right as may be granted under the law to a private watchman
or security guard to carry or possess a firearm shall be restricted
to the actual time such private watchman or security guard is engaged
in the duties of a watchman or guard upon the premises or in the locality
described his/her application.
[R.O. 2005 §20-47; CC 1997 §20-47]
All private security guards, watchmen and patrolmen registered
under the provisions of this Article shall be limited in their jurisdiction
in such capacity to the area owned or controlled by their respective
employers.
[R.O. 2005 §20-48; CC 1997 §20-48]
The City, in registering security guards and watchmen under
this Article, assumes no responsibility for the actions of any security
guard or watchman licensed, registered or permitted herein.
