Editor’s Note: In this Chapter the word "Sheriff" is changed
to "Chief of Police" and the words "Sheriff’s Department" are
changed to "Police Department" pursuant to the St. Charles County
Charter Article IV, Sections 4.250 and 4.1300, as amended in 2012
and effective 1-1-2015, and St. Charles County Ord. No. 15-012, Section
2, adopted 1-26-2015.
[Ord. No. 95-145 Exhibit A §1, 9-27-1995; Ord. No. 17-075 § 1, 8-11-2017; Ord. No. 19-033, 4-29-2019]
As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have these
prescribed meanings:
A person employed with certain powers to protect life and
property only in a designated area and who must be in uniform, unless
otherwise approved by the Chief of Police, and may or may not carry
a concealed firearm, an exposed firearm, an electronic control weapon,
or a protective device.
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CCSOs may be employed by either: (i) the owner, landlord, or
tenant of a designated area, or (ii) by a contracted security company
that:
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1.
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Maintains a minimum of five million dollars ($5,000,000.00)
in general liability insurance coverage; and
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2.
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Provides security services in a designated area owned, leased,
or rented by a business employing or contracting with more than five
hundred (500) personnel who work within such designated area.
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Applicants for a CCSO License must have completed at least one
(1) of the following requirements:
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1.
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At least one (1) year of military service or of service as a
law enforcement officer or corrections officer;
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a.
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Military service may be proven by possession of an active military
ID or a DD Form 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active
Duty, except that the person shall not have been discharged from the
Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions.
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2.
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At least one (1) year as a licensed security officer, whose
license has never been suspended or revoked, and an Associate's degree
(or completion of sixty (60) credit hours) in law enforcement or criminal
justice; or
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3.
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Graduate of a Certified Public Safety Academy (military or civilian)
in the law enforcement, adult corrections, firefighting, or emergency
medical services fields.
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Any agency or County department designated by the St. Charles
County Chief of Police to issue licenses as prescribed by this Chapter
or perform other duties under this Chapter.
The established property within the boundaries owned, leased
or rented to which a licensed conceal/carry security officer, security
officer, or watchman is assigned by his or her employer or contracting
security company.
Any watchman, security officer, or conceal/carry security
officer, who holds a license issued by the County of St. Charles.
A person twenty-one (21) years of age or older employed with
certain powers to protect life and property on/in a designated area
and who must be in uniform, unless otherwise approved by the Chief
of Police, and may or may not carry an exposed firearm, electronic
control weapon, or protective device.
A person eighteen (18) years or older employed without any
firearm, weapon or protective device to perform the tasks of observation,
protection and reporting on/in a designated area.
[Ord. No. 95-145 Exhibit A §2, 9-27-1995; Ord. No. 19-033, 4-29-2019]
A.
The County shall have the power to license all watchmen, security
officers, and CCSOs serving or acting in designated areas within the
County and to regulate all watchmen, security officers, and CCSOs
serving or acting in designated areas within:
[Ord. No. 95-145 Exhibit A §3, 9-27-1995; Ord. No. 17-075 § 2, 8-11-2017; Ord. No. 19-033, 4-29-2019]
No person shall engage in the activities of a watchman, security
officer, or CCSO without having first obtained a license to do so
as provided by this Chapter, provided, however, a person may obtain
a sixty-day temporary permit to perform such services pending issuance
of the license provided by this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 95-145 Exhibit A §4, 9-27-1995; Ord. No. 13-001 §4, 1-3-2013; Ord.
No. 13-050 §4, 6-28-2013; Ord. No. 17-075 § 3, 8-11-2017; Ord. No. 19-033, 4-29-2019]
Any person desiring to act as a watchman, security officer,
or CCSO in the County shall make written application to the St. Charles
County Chief of Police or to another agency or department, which has
been designated by the Chief of Police, for licensing as a watchman,
security officer, or CCSO upon a form or forms prescribed by the Chief
of Police. Such application shall describe the premises or the locality
upon or within which the applicant is to serve as a watchman, security
officer, or CCSO; and shall be accompanied by a written statement
of a responsible business enterprise, citizen or group of citizens
indicating its or their intention to employ the applicant as a watchman,
security officer, or CCSO. The applicant's fingerprints will be taken
by the St. Charles County Police Department or the designated agency
at the time of submission of the application or the applicant's fingerprints
may be provided by the employing agency or another law enforcement
agency by which the applicant is licensed or registered as a watchman,
security officer, or CCSO.
[Ord. No. 95-145 Exhibit A §5, 9-27-1995; Ord. No. 19-033, 4-29-2019]
A.
Every watchman or security officer licensed under the provisions
of this Chapter shall furnish bond to the County with an insurance
company corporate surety in the sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00),
conditioned upon the faithful performance of the work and the observation
of all the provisions of this Chapter, all ordinances of the County
and all laws of the State of Missouri and the United States. Such
bond shall be for the use and benefit of the County and of any person
who may have employed such licensee and been injured by the willful,
negligent, malicious, or wrongful act of such licensee. The bond requirement
of this Section may be waived by the St. Charles County Chief of Police
on satisfactory proof by the employer of liability insurance covering
the applicant with insuring single limits of not less than three hundred
thousand dollars ($300,000.00).
B.
Every CCSO licensed under the provisions of this Chapter shall furnish
bond to the County with an insurance company corporate surety in the
sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00), conditioned upon the
faithful performance of the work and the observation of all the provisions
of this Chapter, all ordinances of the County and all laws of the
State of Missouri and the United States. Such bond shall be for the
use and benefit of the County and of any person who may have employed
such licensee and been injured by the willful, negligent, malicious,
or wrongful act of such licensee. The bond requirement of this Section
may be waived by the St. Charles County Chief of Police on satisfactory
proof by the employer of liability insurance covering the applicant
with insuring single limits of not less than five million dollars
($5,000,000.00).
[Ord. No. 95-145 Exhibit A §6, 9-27-1995; Ord. No. 19-033, 4-29-2019]
All applications for a license as a watchman, security officer,
or CCSO shall be referred to the St. Charles County Chief of Police
who shall investigate the moral character and fitness of the applicant
or applicants, their experience in such business, the character of
the services they expect to perform, and the manner in which such
business is to be carried on, and who shall obtain such other information
concerning the applicant as he or she may deem necessary in order
to determine the applicant's fitness and qualifications for the conduct
of such activity. Current licensing or registration may, in the sole
discretion of the Chief of Police, be accepted in lieu of the investigation
by the Chief of Police. The Chief of Police may designate another
agency or department to perform the investigation.
[Ord. No. 95-145 Exhibit A §7, 9-27-1995; Ord. No. 17-075 § 4, 8-11-2017; Ord. No. 19-033, 4-29-2019]
A.
All applicants who apply for a watchman, security officer, or CCSO
license must successfully complete a prescribed course of training
approved by the St. Charles County Chief of Police prior to the issuance
of said license.
1.
Firearms Training. All security officers and CCSOs who seek
a license to carry firearms must successfully complete a firearms
qualification course prior to license issuance each year. The Chief
of Police shall not approve firearms training requirements that do
not include the following:
2.
Other Weapons And Protective Device Training. Any security officer
or CCSO seeking to carry a protective device must also complete a
certified session conducted by a State Certified Police Academy on
carrying that protective device, including CS (pepper) mace or impact
weapons including straight baton, asp baton, or expandable baton.
All security officers or CCSOs who are licensed to carry electronic
control weapons must also successfully complete annual training and
qualification at the agency designated by the Chief of Police prior
to license renewal each year.
3.
Handcuffs. Any security officer or CCSO seeking to carry handcuffs
must complete a certified session conducted by a State-Certified Police
Academy of at least six (6) hours for carrying handcuffs. All security
officers or CCSOs who are licensed to carry handcuffs must also successfully
complete annual training and qualification at the agency designated
by the Chief of Police prior to license renewal each year.
4.
CCSOs seeking to carry a concealed weapon must complete an additional
eight (8) hours of classroom instruction bi-annually by a qualified
Missouri firearms safety instructor, as defined in Section 571.111,
RSMo., which additional training will include the following:
[Ord. No. 95-145 Exhibit A §8, 9-27-1995; Ord. No. 01-116 §2, 9-26-2001; Ord. No. 17-075 § 5, 8-11-2017]
If the St. Charles County Chief of Police or designated agency shall approve the application prescribed, the license shall be issued upon receipt of a bond or certificate of insurance complying with the provisions of Section 605.050 and the payment of the following license fee: sixty dollars ($60.00) plus the cost of training by the St. Charles County Law Enforcement Training Center. For renewal of a license after the first year, the annual fee shall be fifty dollars ($50.00) plus the cost of license renewal training and firearms training for an armed security officer and fifty dollars ($50.00) plus the cost of license renewal training for all others. Each applicant will also be responsible for the cost of the State and Federal criminal records check.
[Ord. No. 95-145 Exhibit A §9, 9-27-1995; Ord. No. 19-033, 4-29-2019; Ord. No. 23-054, 5-30-2023]
Each such person licensed as a watchman, security officer, or CCSO shall receive an identification card that shall prominently indicate the position that the person is licensed for and provide proof of identity, authority, and possession of a valid license. The licensee will carry said card at all times while on duty. The loss of this card will be reported immediately to the St. Charles County Police Department or the designated agency and a duplicate card will be issued for a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00). Excepting uniforms issued by the St. Charles County Police Department or any other Law Enforcement Agency within St. Charles County, provided they are worn by commissioned Police Officers who are authorized under the provisions of Section 605.140, the uniform worn by licensees on duty shall be unlike the official uniform of the St. Charles County Police Department or any other Law Enforcement Agency within St. Charles County. The licensee's uniform shall be complete with a cap and wearing a breast-type badge clearly visible at all times while the licensee is on duty, unless specific written permission for some other type of attire or dress is granted by the Chief of Police. Each person must exhibit a name bar one-eighth (1/8) inch above the right pocket of the uniform shirt depicting the name as it appears on the identification card. Each person licensed under the provision hereof shall at all times maintain on file with the Chief of Police or the designated agency a photograph accurately depicting the uniform, emblems and badges worn. If such person is employed by a person, firm or corporation which employs more than one (1) watchman, security officer, or CCSO who wear identical uniforms, emblems and badges, it shall be sufficient under this Section for such person, firm or corporation to maintain on file one (1) photograph accurately depicting each separate type of uniform, emblem or badge worn by its employees during the performance of their duties.
[Ord. No. 95-145 Exhibit A §10, 9-27-1995]
A.
Licensee
must perform his function in a designated area.
B.
Licensee
must carry the licensee identification card whenever on duty and display
same upon request.
C.
Licensee
must wear and exhibit any issued badge or emblem on the outermost
uniform garment to include a visible name plate one-eighth (⅛)
inch above the right shirt pocket.
D.
Licensee
is not authorized to possess or imply possession of any firearm, weapon
or other implement of attack.
E.
Licensee
may not be a convicted felon.
[Ord. No. 95-145 Exhibit A §11, 9-27-1995; Ord. No. 17-075 § 6, 8-11-2017; Ord. No. 19-033, 4-29-2019]
A.
Licensee must be in uniform at all times when on duty if carrying
an exposed firearm.
B.
Licensee must perform his or her functions in a designated area.
C.
Licensee must wear and exhibit on the outermost garment the issued
badge or emblem when in uniform to include a visible name plate one-eighth
(1/8) inch above the right shirt pocket.
D.
Licensee must carry the license identification card whenever on duty
and display same when requested to do so.
E.
Licensee is authorized to carry a protective device, electronic control
weapon, and/or an exposed firearm when he or she is qualified to do
so and his or her license so states.
F.
Licensee may not be a convicted felon, someone who has been discharged
from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions, or someone who
has had a Peace Officers' License suspended or revoked.
[Ord. No. 19-033, 4-29-2019]
A.
Licensee must be in uniform at all times when on duty if carrying
a concealed firearm, except that a licensee may wear non-uniform,
civilian attire that conceals the firearm, provided that the licensee
has received written permission from the St. Charles County Police
Chief. Permission will only be granted where the employing security
agency or company can show a specific and appropriate need for the
security officer to be dressed in civilian attire.
[Ord. No. 22-058, 9-12-2022]
B.
In order to carry a concealed firearm, all CCSOs must have a concealed
carry permit that is valid in the State of Missouri, or must be able
to demonstrate that they are allowed to carry concealed pursuant to
other State or Federal laws.
[Ord. No. 22-058, 9-12-2022]
C.
Licensee must perform his or her functions in a designated area.
D.
Licensee must wear and exhibit on the outermost garment the issued
badge or emblem when in uniform to include a visible name plate one-eighth
(1/8) inch above the right shirt pocket. In addition, CCSOs shall
wear a black uniform blazer that includes a security badge on the
left front breast, a patch on each shoulder designating "Security",
and three (3) gold bands at the base of each sleeve designated by
the licensing authority and approved by the Chief of Police. The security
badge worn on the left front breast shall be at least two (2) inches
wide and at least three (3) inches tall, as measured from the farthest
points of the badge.
E.
Licensee must carry the license identification card whenever on duty
and display same when requested to do so.
F.
Licensee is authorized to carry a protective device, electronic control
weapon, exposed firearm, and/or a concealed firearm when he or she
is qualified to do so and his or her license so states.
G.
Licensee may not be a convicted felon, someone who has been discharged
from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions, or someone who
has had a Peace Officers' License suspended or revoked.
[Ord. No. 95-145 Exhibit A §12, 9-27-1995; Ord. No. 96-48 §1, 5-1-1996; Ord.
No. 11-115 §1, 12-29-2011; Ord. No. 17-075 § 7, 8-11-2017; Ord. No. 19-033, 4-29-2019]
A.
A licensed security officer or CCSO certified after Eastern Missouri
Police Academy firearms training to be armed or permitted to carry
a weapon while on duty and in uniform at the location(s) specified
in the license may have a firearm.
B.
Firearms carried by licensed security personnel shall be revolvers
capable of firing and loaded with thirty-eight hundredths (0.38) caliber
(Special) ammunition or semi-automatic pistols up to and including
forty hundredths (0.40) caliber. Only one (1) approved firearm may
be carried on duty. Certified Police Officers may carry duty weapons.
The carrying of automatics, derringers or any type shotgun or rifle
is prohibited. The Chief of Police shall have the authority to review
an application for and grant, where appropriate and for good cause
shown, the carrying of additional weapons.
C.
A security officer or CCSO, upon firing his or her weapon for any
reason within the unincorporated area of St. Charles County, or using
other force to make an arrest, shall immediately make or cause to
be made a report to the St. Charles County Police Department and to
the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction where the incident occurred.
D.
All State requirements for carrying a firearm must be followed.
[Ord. No. 95-145 Exhibit A §13, 9-27-1995; Ord. No. 19-033, 4-29-2019]
Every watchman, security officer, and CCSO shall hold his or
her license at the pleasure of the St. Charles County Chief of Police
and any agency or department designated by the Chief of Police to
issue licenses under this Chapter and such license shall be subject
to revocation by the Chief of Police or the designated agency for
good cause. Such license shall terminate automatically upon the termination
of employment of such watchman, security officer, or CCSO by the employing
corporation, person, or persons upon whose written request the license
is issued. Such employing corporation, person, or persons shall promptly
notify the Chief of Police or designated agency that the watchman,
security officer, or CCSO's employment has terminated if, and when
in fact, it does terminate. Upon the revocation, expiration, or termination
of such license, it shall be the duty of each such watchman, security
officer, or CCSO to surrender to the Chief of Police or designated
agency the license and identification card. From and after the revocation,
expiration, or termination of such license, the person shall no longer
have any authority to exercise the power of a watchman, security officer,
or CCSO. All licenses shall be issued for the period of one (1) year.
[Ord. No. 95-145 Exhibit A §14, 9-27-1995; Ord. No. 19-033, 4-29-2019; Ord. No. 22-058, 9-12-2022]
A.
Commissioned Police Officers of the State of Missouri may be licensed
to perform the duties and carry out the responsibilities of watchmen,
security officer, or CCSOs provided they are employed during the term
of their license as commissioned Police Officers in the State of Missouri.
Each officer must have secondary employment approval by his or her
employing department.
B.
Retired
Police Officers of the State of Missouri may be licensed to perform
the duties and carry out the responsibilities of watchmen, security
officers, or CCSOs, provided they meet all the criteria under the
Law Enforcement Safety Act HR-218, can produce valid credentials verifying
compliance with the Act and who have previously held a valid Missouri
(Police Officers Standards and Training) Class A license, provided
the P.O.S.T. license had no suspensions or revocations.
C.
During the one-year term of the license, all licenses granted under
this provision cease to be valid simultaneously with termination of
the commissioned status or termination of the valid and current LEOSA
HR-218 status.
D.
No further training is required during employment as long as a Police
Officer is qualified by State certification or they qualify as a retired
Police Officer who previously held a valid Missouri P.O.S.T. (Police
Officers Standards and Training) Class A license, which had no suspensions
or revocations, and is qualified and current under LEOSA HR-218.
E.
Responsibilities and obligations when performing in the licensed
status shall be those applicable to the licensed function being performed,
except that nothing in this provision shall diminish or enlarge upon
the duties and responsibilities of the officers as provided for by
Statute and his or her department regulations.
F.
A Police
Officer or other POST licensed officer may be approved by his or her
department to wear their officially issued uniform while performing
the duties and carrying out the responsibilities of watchmen, security
officer, or CCSOs. Such approval shall be in accordance with his or
her employing department's secondary employment policy.
[Ord. No. 23-054, 5-30-2023]
[Ord. No. 95-145 Exhibit A §15, 9-27-1995]
Additional regulations, forms and information may be required
by the St. Charles County Chief of Police or designated agency of
all applicants so long as such questions are not inconsistent with
this Chapter or the laws and Constitutions of this State or the United
States.
[Ord. No. 95-145 Exhibit A §16, 9-27-1995]
A current and up-to-date list of all licenses issued will be
maintained at the St. Charles County Police Department or agency designated
by the Chief of Police.
[Ord. No. 95-145 Exhibit A §17, 9-27-1995]
A violation of any provision of this Chapter is a misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($300.00),
or by imprisonment in the St. Charles County Jail for a term not to
exceed thirty (30) days, or by both fine and imprisonment. A separate
offense shall be deemed committed on each day a violation occurs or
continues.
[Ord. No. 95-145 §2, 9-27-1995]
The enforcement of the regulations established by this Chapter
shall be the responsibility of the County Counselor.
