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Lima, OH Code of Ordinances
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF LIMA, OHIO
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LIMA, OHIO
PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART TEN - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART TWELVE - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FOURTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART EIGHTEEN - PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE
PART TWENTY - NUISANCE ABATEMENT
CHAPTER 814
Detective Agencies and Private Police
814.01   Detective Agencies; License Required; Bond.
814.02   Private Policemen; License Required; Fee; Bond. (Repealed)
814.03   Rules and Regulations. (Repealed)
814.04   Security Guard Providers.
814.99   Penalty.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   Private investigations - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 4749
   Police Department - see ADM. Ch. 232
   Failure to report a crime - see GEN. OFF. 654.04
   Obstructing justice - see GEN. OFF. 654.07
   Impersonating a public official or public servant - see GEN. OFF. 654.14
   Carrying concealed weapons - see GEN. OFF. 678.02
814.01   DETECTIVE AGENCIES; LICENSE REQUIRED; BOND.
   (A)   No person shall engage in the business of conducting a private detective agency without first complying with the requirements of Ohio R.C. Chapter 4749, as amended.
(Ord. 139-93. Passed 8-23-93.)
   (B)   The Mayor is hereby authorized to prescribe the form of identification cards which shall be issued to private detectives by the City. Each such card shall bear a number assigned to the private detective to whom it is issued. Such detective shall exhibit such card at any time to a police officer demanding to see the same and shall surrender such card to the Mayor when he or she ceases to act as a private detective, when he or she resigns or is discharged from the employment of a licensed private detective agency, or when the private detective agency by and for whom he or she is employed has had its license suspended or revoked.
(Ord. 165-91. Passed 7-8-91.)
   (C)   (EDITOR'S NOTE: Subsection (c) was repealed by Ordinance 139-93, passed August 23, 1993.)
814.02   PRIVATE POLICEMEN; LICENSE REQUIRED; FEE; BOND. (REPEALED)
   (EDITOR'S NOTE: Section 814.02 was repealed by Ordinance 15-92, passed January 27, 1992.)
814.03   RULES AND REGULATIONS. (REPEALED)
   (EDITOR'S NOTE: Section 814.03 was repealed by Ordinance 15-92, passed January 27, 1992.)
814.04   SECURITY GUARD PROVIDERS.
   (A)   Any individual may be licensed as a security guard provider if he meets the following requirements:
      (1)   He has a good reputation for integrity and has not been convicted of a felony within the last twenty years or any offense involving moral turpitude;
      (2)   He has been engaged in security services work for law enforcement or for another public agency engaged in investigatory activities or for another security guard provider, or has acquired an equivalent experience or training;
      (3)   He submits evidence of comprehensive general liability insurance coverage in a manner and in an amount satisfactory to the Mayor;
      (4)   He pays the requisite license fees;
      (5)   He provides a bond satisfactory to the Director of Law in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000);
      (6)   He completes a minimum basic course in police training which has been approved by the Mayor to qualify persons for positions as security guard providers; and
      (7)   He fulfills all State and local regulations pertaining to firearms if he is to carry a firearm while acting as a security guard provider, but nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to give a security guard provider any separate right to carry a firearm.
   (B)   The application shall be accompanied by:
      (1)   A recent full-face photograph of the applicant;
      (2)   A complete set of the applicant's fingerprints;
      (3)   Character references from at least five reputable citizens of the City, none of whom is connected with the applicant by blood or marriage; and
      (4)   A license fee in the amount specified in Section 868.01.
   (C)   Excluded from this section is an employee in the regular course of his employment, engaged in investigating matters pertinent to the business of his employer or protecting property in the possession of his employer, provided that such employee is not employed by, associated with, or acting for or on behalf of, any private investigator or security guard provider.
   (D)   Any revocation of a license issued under this section is subject to the revocation provisions of Section 802.09.
(Ord. 268-91. Passed 12-16-91; Ord. 177-17. Passed 8-21-17.)
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