759.01 Private police commissions.
759.02 Rules and regulations; bond; fee
759.03 Imitating official uniform of Police or Fire Department.
759.04 Uniforms to be approved.
759.05 Duration of Commission.
769.06 Registration of weapons.
759.07 Application for commission.
759.08 Photograph of applicant; police check on applicant.
759.09 Identification card.
759.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Private investigators; power to regulate - see Ohio R.C. 715.61
State licensing of private investigators; security services - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 4749
Security guards - see B.R. & T. Ch. 767
The Director of Public Safety is hereby authorized to prescribe rules and regulations and the uniform which shall be worn by private policemen and private policewoman wherever and whenever their services are conducted. Such private policemen and private policewomen must show and file with the Director of Public Safety on an annual basis a copy of the record which satisfies all the provisions of Ohio R.C. 4749.03(A)(1)(d), which requires comprehensive general liability insurance coverage or such other equivalent guarantee as approved by the State Director of Commerce in such form and in principal amounts satisfactory to the State Director of Commerce, but not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for each person and three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for each occurrence for bodily injury liability, and one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for property damage liability.
(Ord. 174-1997. Passed 9-2-97.)
No person, not a member of the Police Department or Fire Department, shall wear a uniform, cap, badge or buttons similar to, or in imitation of, the official uniform, cap, badge or buttons at the time in use by the members of the Police and Fire Departments of the City.
(Ord. 69-1971. Passed 3-15-71.)
No person desiring to provide special police, watchmen or detective services, either for himself or herself or for hire to others, shall use a distinctive uniform, cap, badge or buttons to be worn by such person or any employee of such person engaged for such purpose, until the form, design and color thereof have been first submitted to and approved by the Director of Public Safety, and a record sufficient to identify the users has been made by the Director of Public Safety.
(Ord. 69-1971. Passed 3-15-71.)
No commission as a private policeman and/or private policewoman shall be valid for a greater period of time than one year from the date of issuance. The issuance of a private police commission shall not of itself constitute authority to carry firearms. The Director of Public Safety shall describe such uniform, badge and/or other distinguishing uniform marks for such private policeman or private policewoman as he or she may see fit in order to distinguish such private police officers from regular police officers of the Police Department of the City. Such private police must each secure from the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County a concealed weapons bond in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) in order to carry arms while on duty as provided for herein and in accordance with Ohio R.C. 2923.12.
(Ord. 69-1971. Passed 3-15-71.)
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