SEC. 38-11. FUNCTIONS, POWERS AND DUTIES OF POLICE DEPARTMENT.

   With regard to all applicants for a license to engage in the business of a private detective or to conduct a private detective agency, the police department shall have the following functions, powers and duties:

   (a)   To investigate qualifications for fitness of all applicants.

   (b)   To investigate and aid in the prosecution of all violations of this chapter and cooperate in the prosecution of offenders before any court having jurisdiction to hear the same.

   (c)   To fingerprint all applicants. (Ord. Nos. 4039; 4311)

SEC. 38-12. BOND - REQUIRED.

   Before any license to engage in the business of a private detective or to conduct a private detective agency shall be issued as provided in this chapter, the applicant shall furnish to the city a good and sufficient surety bond or insurance policy, the same to be approved by the city manager. A bond shall be signed by some good solvent bonding company authorized to do business in this state and an insurance policy shall be executed by some good solvent insurance company authorized to do business in this state. (Ord. Nos. 4039; 4311)

SEC. 38-13. SAME - AMOUNT; CONDITIONS.

   The surety bond or insurance policy required by Section 38-12 shall be in the sum of $10,000 and shall be conditioned that the obligor therein will pay to the extent of the face amount of such surety bond or insurance policy all judgments which may be recovered against such detective or detective agency by reason of the wrongful or illegal acts of its servants, officers, agents or employees committed by them in the course of their employment. Such surety bond or insurance policy shall further be conditioned that such person so injured shall have the right to sue directly upon the surety bond or insurance policy in his own name, and the same shall be subject to successive suits for recovery until a complete exhaustion of the face amount thereof. (Ord. Nos. 4039; 4311)

SEC. 38-14. SAME - RENEWAL; FAILURE TO RENEW.

   The surety bond or insurance policy required by Section 38-12 shall be in effect for the period of time covered by the license for which such bond or policy is given and shall expire at the expiration of the license for which such bond or policy was given. Each such detective or detective agency shall, on or before the date of the expiration of the terms of any surety bond or insurance policy so filed by such agency, file a renewal thereof or a new surety bond or insurance policy containing the same terms or obligations of the preceding surety bond or policy and shall each year thereafter or before the expiration date of the existing surety bond or insurance policy file such renewal surety bond or insurance policy so as to provide continuous security to persons so injured. In the event any such detective or detective agency fails to execute any surety bond or insurance policy in the first instance or to execute any renewal surety bond or insurance policy or to file the same with the city manager as provided in this article, it shall constitute grounds for revoking the license issued under the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. Nos. 4039; 4311)

SEC. 38-15. APPLICABILITY OF SECTIONS 8-12 to 38-14.

   The provisions of Sections 38-12 to 38-14 shall not apply to a foreign corporation having a permit to do business in this state. (Ord. 4039)