[R.O. 2011 §5.68.010; Prior Code §18-61; Ord. No. 3772 §1]
As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have these
prescribed meanings:
Any person who does detective work for hire on his/her own
account, and not as an employee of any detective agency.
Any person who conducts or carries on, or holds himself/herself
out as conducting or carrying on, a detective agency, detective bureau
or detective service.
[R.O. 2011 §5.68.020; Prior Code §18-62; Ord. No. 3772 §1]
No person shall engage in the business of private detective
or establish, conduct, maintain or operate a detective agency in the
City without having first obtained a license to do so as provided
by this Chapter.
[R.O. 2011 §5.68.030; Prior Code §18-63; Ord. No. 3772 §1]
Any person operating or conducting or intending to establish
or conduct the business of a private detective or a detective agency
shall file with the Director of Finance a written application for
a license upon such forms as the Director may prescribe. If the application
is for a license as a detective agency, it shall show the location
of the principal office of such business, the names of the owners
or operators thereof, and the names of the operatives to be employed
in such business; if for a private detective, it shall show the name
and address of the licensee, the licensee's experience in such work,
together with such additional information as may be required.
[R.O. 2011 §5.68.040; Prior Code §18-64; Ord. No. 3772 §1]
All applications for license as a detective agency or private
detective shall be referred to the Chief of Police who shall investigate
the moral character and fitness of the applicant or applicants, their
experience in such business, the character of service they expect
to perform, and the manner in which such business is to be carried
on; the Chief of Police shall obtain such other information concerning
the applicant as the Chief may deem necessary in order to determine
his/her fitness and qualifications for the conduct of such business.
[R.O. 2011 §5.68.050; Prior Code §18-65; Ord. No. 3772 §2; Ord. No. 5261 §1, 11-3-1980]
A.
B.
All
licenses so issued may be renewed annually upon application and payment
of the fee therefor as required by this Section.
[R.O. 2011 §5.68.060; Prior Code §18-66; Ord. No. 3772 §1]
Every private detective licensed under the provisions of this
Chapter, and every operator employed by any detective agency licensed
hereunder, shall furnish bond to the City in the sum of two thousand
dollars ($2,000.00) conditioned upon the faithful performance of his/her
work and the observance of all of the provisions of this Code, all
ordinances of the City, and laws of the State and of the United States.
Such bond shall be for the use and benefit of the City and of any
person who may have employed such licensee and been injured by the
willful, malicious or wrongful act of such licensee.
[R.O. 2011 §5.68.070; Prior Code §18-67; Ord. No. 3772 §1]
The Chief of Police shall have authority at such times as the
Chief may deem necessary to inquire into the nature, character and
scope of the operations of any private detective or detective agency
licensed under the provisions of this Chapter, and it shall be the
duty of any such licensee to furnish the Chief of Police any information
with reference to the licensee's business as may be required. If it
shall appear that the licensee is guilty of any violation of the provisions
of this Code, other ordinances of the City or laws of the State or
the United States, or that such licensee is guilty of any wrongful
or fraudulent act in the conduct of the licensee's business, the City
Manager may revoke such license after giving a reasonable notice to
the licensee and affording him/her an opportunity to be heard. The
licensee may appeal to the City Council from the decision of the City
Manager in case of the revocation of his/her license by written request
therefor filed with the City Clerk within ten (10) days after being
notified by the City Manager of the revocation.
