(A) The City Police Department shall enter into a contract for services and maintain its contract for services with LeadsOnline or a similar entity in order to enhance its investigative services to protect both secondhand dealers and members of the general public. Every secondhand dealer shall operate and maintain a computer system with internet access for the purposes described herein. Every secondhand dealer shall subscribe to LeadsOnline or the city’s current electronic reporting system and maintain said subscription throughout the term of the secondhand dealer’s business license. Every secondhand dealer shall provide an electronic record utilizing the LeadsOnline electronic reporting system or the electronic system then in use by the city. Such report shall enter and upload all information from its books and records regarding contracts for purchase, pledges and purchase transactions of any secondhand scrap iron, automobile parts, tires, household furniture or furnishings, household appliances, office equipment, coins, jewelry, jewels, weapons, bicycles, tools, toys, electronic media and or electronic equipment to LeadsOnline or a similar system as soon as reasonably possible after the transaction is consummated. Every secondhand dealer shall input information to every data field supported by the LeadsOnline system. In the event the electronic reporting system malfunctions or is otherwise not operational, the secondhand dealer shall, at all times during such malfunction or non- operation, be required to keep written records of any and all transactions that would have otherwise been entered in the electronic reporting system and shall submit such records to the City Police Department within 24 hours of such transaction during the non-operational period. The written records shall contain all information required on the electronic reporting system. If any article that is left on deposit, pledged or purchased has engraved thereon a number, word or initials or contains settings of any kind, the description of the article in the report shall contain the number, word or initials engraved and shall describe the setting of the item and the number of each kind. In the event of a change to its electronic reporting system, the city shall notify all secondhand dealers in the city of the change within a reasonable time prior to such change.
(B) No item shall be received unless the person from whom the article is acquired exhibits a driver’s license or state-issued identification card and the identifying numbers are recorded on the electronic report. Whenever the dealer has reason to know or believe the seller, purchaser or exchangor is under 18 years of age, he or she must require that person to produce sufficient articles of identification to establish his or her age.
(C) This section shall apply in those instances where the article purchased or received by the dealer is any secondhand scrap iron, junk, household furniture or furnishings, household appliances, office equipment, coins, jewelry, jewels, weapons, bicycles, tools, toys, electronic media and or any other electronic equipment.
(D) Every entry shall be numbered consecutively, commencing with number one. No entry shall be erased, obliterated or defaced.
(E) All books or records which are required to be maintained as a result of this section shall be open to inspection by the Chief of Police or his or her designee immediately, at any time during hours of operation. Upon demand by the Chief of Police or his or her designee, the secondhand dealer shall also produce and show the article or articles thus listed and described.
(Prior Code, § 852.05) (Ord. 261-1957, passed 12-2-1957)