Chapter 6.24
MERCHANT PATROL AGENCIES
Sections:
6.24.010 Definitions.
6.24.020 Agency license required – Application – Bond.
6.24.030 Annual license fee for agency.
6.24.040 Patrolman’s license required – Fee and running period.
6.24.050 Application for patrolman’s license – Investigation.
6.24.060 Patrolman’s license prohibited to felons.
6.24.070 Uniform – Badge.
6.24.080 Revocation of license.
6.24.090 Violation – Penalty.
6.24.010 Definitions.
For the purpose of this chapter, the words and phrases used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, shall have the following meanings:
(1) “Merchant patrol agency” means and includes any person who as principal or employer engages in or who advertises or holds himself out as being engaged in the merchant patrol business;
(2) “Merchant patrol business” means and includes the business of, or the representation of being engaged in the business of guarding or protecting persons or other persons’ property, or patrolling streets, districts or territory for such purpose, for hire or reward, as a business, and as an independent contractor;
(3) “Merchant patrolman” means and includes any natural person of either sex who engages in, or who advertises or holds himself out as being engaged in the merchant patrol business or employee of a duly licensed patrol agency.
(Ord. 40 (1969) (part), 1969)
6.24.020 Agency license required – Application – Bond.
It is unlawful for any person to engage in business as a merchant patrol agency in the unincorporated areas of Kitsap County without first having obtained and being the owner of a valid and subsisting license to do so, to be known as a “merchant patrol agency license,” which license must be obtained in the following manner.
(1) The applicant shall furnish full information in writing to the Kitsap County sheriff’s office concerning the ownership of said merchant patrol agency, trade name and location, together with names and addresses of all persons employing the agency, said information to be kept accurate as of the close of each week’s business;
(2) The applicant for a merchant patrol agency license shall file with the county auditor at the time of the filing of the application, a surety company bond running to the county in a penal sum of two thousand dollars, conditioned that the licensee will faithfully comply with all the requirements of this chapter, insofar as they relate to the business of merchant patrolman or a merchant patrol agency;
(3) The applicant for a merchant patrol agency license shall pay to the county at the time the application is filed the sum of twenty-five dollars.
(Ord. 40 (1969) (part), 1969)
6.24.030 Annual license fee for agency.
The license fee for a merchant patrol agency license shall be twenty-five dollars per year, or any portion thereof, commencing January 1st and ending December 31st of each year, payable in advance to the county.
(Ord. 40 (1969) (part), 1969)
6.24.040 Patrolman’s license required – Fee and running period.
It is unlawful for any person, whether licensed as a merchant patrol agency or not, to engage in the merchant patrol business or to act, or engage in business, as a merchant patrolman without first obtaining and being the owner and holder of a valid and subsisting license to do so, to be known as a “merchant patrolman’s license,” the fee for which is five dollars per year, or any portion thereof commencing January 1st and ending December 31st of each year, payable in advance to the county.
(Ord. 40 (1969) (part), 1969)
6.24.050 Application for patrolman’s license – Investigation.
Applications for merchant patrolman’s license shall be made to the sheriff’s office on forms to be furnished by him for the purpose; shall be signed and verified by the applicant; and shall state his full name, age and residence, his present and previous occupations and the address of the place of business and the name of his employer. Each application for a merchant patrolman’s license shall be accompanied by a complete set of fingerprints of the applicant and also by two recent photographs of the applicant in duplicate of a size to be determined by the sheriff. One photograph shall be retained in the records of the sheriff and the other attached to the license in such manner that it cannot be removed and another photograph substituted therefor without detection. Upon presentation of an application for a merchants patrolman’s license, and before acting upon the same the sheriff shall make a full investigation as to the truth of the statements contained therein and any other matters which might aid in determining whether or not the application shall be granted. The Kitsap County sheriff shall furnish a written report to the Kitsap County auditor containing the results of his investigation and his recommendation as to the disposition of said application.
(Ord. 40 (1969) (part), 1969)
6.24.060 Patrolman’s license prohibited to felons.
A merchant patrolman’s license shall not be granted to any person who within ten years of the date of application for such license has been convicted of any felony.
(Ord. 40 (1969) (part), 1969)
6.24.070 Uniform – Badge.
Merchant patrolmen on duty must be uniformed and wear badges in a style and design as may be approved by the sheriff.
(Ord. 40 (1969) (part), 1969)
6.24.080 Revocation of license.
In addition to other penalties provided by law, the board of commissioners, after hearing, shall have the right to revoke or suspend any license or licenses issued by virtue of this chapter for cause, where the same was procured by fraud, or false representation of fact, or for the violation of, or failure to comply with, any of the provisions of this chapter while acting within the scope of their employment or the conviction of the person holding such license of a felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or an intent to defraud.
(Ord. 40 (1969) (part), 1969)
6.24.090 Violation – Penalty.
Violation of any provision of this chapter is a misdemeanor, punishable as provided in Section 1.12.010 of this code.
(Ord. passed August 28, 1972: Ord. 40 (1969) (part), 1969)