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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05534 f . ORDINANCE NO. 5534 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF TITLE IX OF THE 1971 CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO RELATING TO MERCHANT PATROL BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that: (Brackets indicate material being deleted; underscoring indicates new material being added) SECTION 1 . Chapter 12 of Title IX of the 1971 Code of Ordinances of the City of Pueblo is hereby amended as follows: (a) Subsection (b) of Section 1 and Section 1 of Chapter 12 is amended by the addition of the following sentence to subsection (b) and the addition of the following new subsections (d) and (e ) to Section 1: (b) . . . A security guard may be licensed as either an armed security guard or an unarmed security guard. (d) Approved Security Guard Program means a training program including curriculum for security guards approved by the City Manager or his authorized representative . (e) Approved Firearms Course means a firearms training program including curriculum approved by the Chief of Police. (b) Section 2 of Chapter 12 is amended to read as follows : 9-12-2: [LICENSE REQUIRED] UNLAWFUL ACTS [It shall be unlawful and a Class 1 Municipal Offense for any person to engage in business within the City as a Merchant Patrol or Security Guard Service or to serve or be employed as a security guard without first having obtained a license to do so] (a) It shall be unlawful and a Class 1 municipal offense for any person, partnership or corporation to engage in the merchant patrol or security guard service business without first being licensed under this Chapter. (b) It shall be unlawful and a Class 1 municipal offense for a merchant patrol or security guard service to employ as a security guard any person who is not licensed as a security guard under this Chapter. (c) It shall be unlawful and a Class 2 municipal offense for any person who is not licensed as a security guard under this Chapter to perform services as a security guard. (d) It shall be unlawful and a Class 2 municipal offense for any person to perform services as a security guard for a merchant patrol or security service which is not licensed under this Chapter. (c ) The first sentence of subsection (b) and subsection (b) of Section 3 of Chapter 12 is amended to read as follows and by the addition of the following new paragraph (6 ) : (b) for an armed security guard license: ( 6 ) documentation that the applicant has successfully completed an Approved Security Guard Program and an Approved Firearms Course. (d) Section 3 of Chapter 12 is amended by the addition of the following new subsection ( c ) : (c) for an unarmed security guard license: all of the information required for an armed security guard license except documentation that the Applicant has completed an Approved Firearms Course. (e ) Subsection (b) of Section 4 of Chapter 12 is amended by the addition of the following new paragraph ( 7 ) : ( 7 ) an applicant for a security guard license has failed to provide acceptable documentation that the applicant has successfully completed an Approved Security Guard Program and, if required, an Approved Firearms Course. ( f) Subsection (a) of Section 7 of Chapter 12 is amended to read as follows: (a) Security guards shall not carry firearms while in the course of their employment for any merchant patrol or security guard service unless the merchant patrol or security guard service certifies in writing to the Chief of Police . I that such security guard [is proficient in the use, care and maintenance of same , and that he has a good knowledge of firearm safety] has successfully completed an Approved Fire- arms Course. Nothing herein shall be construed to permit a security guard to carry an illegal weapon nor to carry any concealed weapon. (g) Subsection (a) of Section 10 of Chapter 12 is amended by the addition of the following new paragraph ( 3 ) : (3 ) That the licensee or any employee of the licensee has violated any provision of this Chapter. (h) Subsection (b) of Section 10 of Chapter 12 is amended by the addition of the following new paragraph (3 ) : ( 3 ) Violation of any provision of this Chapter. ( i ) Section 12 of Chapter 12 is amended to read: (a) The Chief of Police shall regulate the style of all badges, uniforms and equipment used by persons engaged in the merchant patrol or security guard service business to the end that the same shall be sufficiently distinctive to avoid confusion in the mind of the public with badges , uniforms and equipment of local law enforcement agencies . For purposes of this section, "equipment" shall include paint, insignias and markings on motor vehicles . (b) A person licensed as an armed security guard shall wear a red identification badge furnished by the licensed person's employer. (c) A person licensed as an unarmed security guard shall wear a green identification badge furnished by the licensed person 's employer. SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon final passage and shall be applicable to all new applications for licenses under Chapter 12 of Title IX of the 1971 Code of Ordinances filed on or after its effective date , and shall on January 1, 1990 become applicable to all licenses and licensees who were licensed under said Chapter 12 on the effective date of -3- this Ordinance. INTRODUCED: March 27, 1989 By MIKE SALARDINO Councilman ATTEST: APPROVED: 441/0--` A 4, (",'-efi v.z ity Clerk Pres dent of the City Council TJ 34. 19 -4-