For the purpose of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
DETECTIVE AGENCY. Any person engaged in the detective business for hire which employs one or more persons as employees, assistants, clerks, bookkeepers or operatives in its business; provided, that persons engaged in such business whose employees, other than office employees, are in full uniform shall not be classed as a detective agency.
DETECTIVE BUSINESS. The business of making for hire an investigation for the purpose of obtaining information with reference to any of the following matters:
Crimes against the laws of the land or wrongs done or threatened; the habits, conduct, movements, associates, transactions, reputation, character or location of persons; the credibility of witnesses or other persons; the location or recovery of lost or stolen property; securing evidence to be used before authorized investigating committees, boards of award or arbitration or in the trial of civil or criminal cases; the causes, origins or responsibility for fires, accidents or injury to real or personal property; or strikes and labor difficulties.
PRIVATE DETECTIVE. A person engaged in the detective business for hire who does not employ or use any employees, assistants, clerks, bookkeepers or operatives. (Ord. 4039)