A. Forms: Applications for licenses issued under this chapter shall be made upon blank forms prepared and made available by the chief of police. Applications for a private investigator or detective business or a security guard business shall indicate:
1. The full name, age, residence, present and previous occupations of the applicant;
2. Whether the person signing the application is a citizen of the United States;
3. A specific description of the location of the principal place of business of the applicant;
4. The number of years' experience the applicant has had in the field related to the license;
5. Such other information as the chief of police shall find reasonably necessary to effectuate the general purpose of this chapter and to make a thorough determination of whether the terms of this chapter have been complied with;
6. The application required in this chapter shall be accompanied by a full set of fingerprints and a recent photograph of applicant taken by the police department;
7. If the applicant is a firm or partnership, the application shall be signed and verified by each individual composing or owning such firm or partnership. All of the above information may be required of each such individual;
8. If the applicant is a corporation, the application shall be signed and verified by the president, secretary and treasurer thereof, and any information required above may be required of each said officer and of any duly authorized local agent.
B. Filed By All Persons Employed: Applications must be filed by all persons employed by a private investigator or detective agency and by all persons employed by a security guard business. These applications must indicate:
1. The full name, age, residence, length of time at present residence, present and previous occupations of the applicant;
2. Whether the person signing the application is a citizen of the United States;
3. The number of years' experience the applicant has had in the field related to the license;
4. Such other information as the chief of police finds reasonably necessary to effectuate the general purpose of this chapter and to make a thorough determination of whether the terms of this chapter have been complied with;
5. The application required in this chapter shall be accompanied by a full set of fingerprints and a recent photograph of the applicant taken by the police department.
C. Criminal History Checks: The applicant shall provide fingerprints and information necessary to obtain criminal history information from the Idaho state police and the federal bureau of investigation. Pursuant to section 67-3008, Idaho Code, and congressional enactment public law 92-544, the staff shall submit a set of the applicant's fingerprints and the required fees on forms prescribed by the state to the Idaho state police, bureau of criminal identification (or any other agency which may hereafter be so authorized in its place by the state) for a criminal records check of state and national databases. The licensing department and the police department shall receive the information from the Idaho state police and from the federal bureau of investigation and shall use it to evaluate the fitness of applicants for the licenses, pursuant to standards and criteria separately set out in this title. Further dissemination or other use of the criminal history information is hereby prohibited, as also specified by state and federal law. (Ord. 2687 § 3, 2002: prior code § 5-22-3)