[R.O. 2008 § 625.010; R.O. 2007
§ 630.010; Ord. No. 3396 § 1, 6-19-1996]
For the purposes of this Chapter,
the following terms shall be deemed to have the meanings indicated
below:
The established property within the boundaries owned, leased
or rented by the employer of such security officer or watchman.
Any security officer or watchman who holds a license issued
by the County of St. Charles for the City of O'Fallon, Missouri.
A person employed with certain powers to protect life and
property on/in a designated area and who must be in uniform, unless
otherwise approved by the Sheriff of St. Charles County, and may or
may not carry an exposed firearm or protective device.
A person employed without any firearm, weapon or protective
device to perform the tasks of observation, protection and reporting
on or in a designated area.
[R.O. 2008 § 625.020; R.O. 2007
§ 630.020; Ord. No. 3396 § 1, 6-19-1996]
St. Charles County shall have the
power to license all watchmen and security officers serving or acting
in designated areas within the corporate limits of the City of O'Fallon,
Missouri and to regulate all watchmen and security officers serving
or acting in designated areas within the corporate limits of the City
of O'Fallon, Missouri. No person shall act as a watchman, or a security
officer, without first having obtained such license as required by
this Chapter.
[R.O. 2008 § 625.030; R.O. 2007
§ 630.030; Ord. No. 3396 § 1, 6-19-1996]
A.
No person shall engage in the activities
of a watchman or security officer without having first obtained a
license to do so as provided by this Chapter; provided, however:
1.
That a person may obtain a thirty-day
temporary permit to perform such services pending issuance of the
license provided by this Chapter; or
2.
That a person who has been trained
by and is licensed or registered by another public law enforcement
agency, and has applied for a license hereunder, may engage in the
activity of a watchman or security officer for a period not to exceed
thirty (30) days following filing of the application pending issuance
of the license pursuant to this Chapter.
[R.O. 2008 § 625.040; R.O. 2007
§ 630.040; Ord. No. 3396 § 1, 6-19-1996]
Any person desiring to act as a watchman
or security officer in the City of O'Fallon shall make written application
to the St. Charles County Sheriff or his/her designee for licensing
as a watchman or security officer upon a form or forms prescribed
by the Sheriff.
[R.O. 2008 § 625.050; R.O. 2007
§ 630.050; Ord. No. 3396 § 1, 6-19-1996]
All applications for a license as
a watchman or security officer in the City of O'Fallon shall be referred
to the St. Charles County Sheriff, who shall investigate the moral
character and fitness of the applicant(s), their experience in such
business, the character of the services they expect to perform and
the manner in which such business is to be carried on, and shall obtain
any other information concerning the applicant as he/she may deem
necessary to determine the applicant's fitness and qualifications
for the conduct of such activity.
[R.O. 2008 § 625.060; R.O. 2007
§ 630.060; Ord. No. 3396 § 1, 6-19-1996]
All applicants who apply for a watchman
or security officer license must successfully complete a prescribed
course of training approved by the St. Charles County Sheriff prior
to the issuance of said license. All security officers who are licensed
to carry firearms must successfully complete a firearms qualification
course prior to license renewal each year.
[R.O. 2008 § 625.070; R.O. 2007
§ 630.070; Ord. No. 3396 § 1, 6-19-1996]
If the St. Charles County Sheriff
shall approve the application prescribed, the license shall be issued
upon payment of any license fee as established by the Sheriff. The
City of O'Fallon shall approve and accept the license issued by the
St. Charles County Sheriff as a proper license for said individual
to act as a watchman or security officer within the City limits of
the City of O'Fallon as provided by this Chapter.
[R.O. 2008 § 625.080; R.O. 2007
§ 630.080; Ord. No. 3396 § 1, 6-19-1996]
Each such person licensed as a watchman
or security officer shall receive an identification card from the
County which shall prominently indicate the position that the person
is licensed for and provide proof of identity, authority and possession
of a valid license. The licensee will carry said card at all times
while on duty. The loss of this card will be reported immediately
to the St. Charles County Sheriff's Department and a duplicate card
will be issued for a fee. The uniform worn by licensees on duty shall
be unlike the official uniform of the St. Charles County Sheriff's
Department, the City of O'Fallon Police Department, or other law enforcement
agencies within St. Charles County. The licensee's uniform shall be
complete with a cap and wearing a breast-type badge clearly visible
at all times while the licensee is on duty, unless specific written
permission for some other type of attire or dress is granted by the
City of O'Fallon Police Department and the Sheriff. Each person must
exhibit a name bar one-eighth (1/8) inch above the right pocket of
the uniform shirt depicting the name as it appears on the identification
card. Each person licensed under the provision hereof shall at all
times maintain on file with the Sheriff a photograph accurately depicting
the uniform, emblems and badges worn. If such person is employed by
a person, firm or corporation which employs more than one (1) watchman
or security officer who wear identical uniforms, emblems and badges,
it shall be sufficient under this Section for such person, firm or
corporation to maintain on file one (1) photograph accurately depicting
such separate type of uniform, emblem or badge worn by its employees
during the performance of their duties.
[R.O. 2008 § 625.090; R.O. 2007
§ 630.090; Ord. No. 3396 § 1, 6-19-1996]
A.
Licensee must perform their function in
a designated area.
B.
Licensee must carry the licensee identification
card whenever on duty and display same upon request.
C.
Licensee must wear and exhibit any issued
badge or emblem on the outermost uniform garment to include a visible
name plate one-eighth (1/8) inch above the right shirt pocket.
D.
Licensee is not authorized to possess or
imply possession of any firearm, weapon or other implement of attack.
E.
Licensee may not be a convicted felon.
[R.O. 2008 § 625.100; R.O. 2007
§ 630.100; Ord. No. 3396 § 1, 6-19-1996]
A.
Licensee must be in uniform at all times
when on duty if carrying an exposed weapon.
B.
Licensee must perform their functions in
a designated area.
C.
Licensee must wear and exhibit on the outermost
garment the issued badge or emblem when in uniform to include a visible
name plate one-eighth (1/8) inch above the right shirt pocket.
D.
Licensee must carry the license identification
card whenever on duty and display same when requested to do so.
E.
Licensee is authorized to carry a protective
device and an exposed firearm when he/she is qualified to do so and
his/her license so states.
F.
Licensee may not be a convicted felon.
[R.O. 2008 § 625.110; R.O. 2007
§ 630.110; Ord. No. 3396 § 1, 6-19-1996]
A.
A licensed security officer certified after
Police firearms training to be armed or permitted to carry a weapon
while on duty and in uniform at the location(s) specified in the license
may have a firearm.
B.
Firearms carried by licensed security personnel
may only be revolvers capable of firing and loaded with .38 caliber
(Special) ammunition. The carrying of any other caliber, including
automatic, derringers, or any type of shotgun or rifle is prohibited.
Only one (1) approved firearm may be carried on duty. Certified Police
Officers may carry duty weapons.
C.
A security officer, upon firing his/her
weapon for any reason within the corporate limits of the City of O'Fallon
or using other force to make an arrest, shall immediately make or
cause to be made a report to the St. Charles County Sheriff's Department
and to the City of O'Fallon Police Department.
D.
All Missouri State requirements for carrying
a firearm must be followed.
[R.O. 2008 § 625.120; R.O. 2007
§ 630.120; Ord. No. 3396 § 1, 6-19-1996]
Every watchman or security officer
shall hold his/her license for an area within the City of O'Fallon,
Missouri, at the pleasure of the St. Charles County Sheriff and the
City of O'Fallon and such license shall be subject to revocation by
the Sheriff or the City of O'Fallon Police Department for good cause.
Such license shall terminate automatically upon the termination of
employment of such watchman or security officer by the business corporation,
person or persons upon whose written request the license is issued.
Such employing corporation, person or persons shall promptly notify
the Sheriff and City of O'Fallon Police Department that the watchman's
or security officer's employment has terminated if, and when in fact,
it does terminate. Upon the revocation, expiration or termination
of such license, it shall be the duty of each such watchman or security
officer to surrender to the Sheriff or to the City of O'Fallon Police
Department the license and identification card. From and after the
revocation, expiration or termination of such license, the person
shall no longer have any authority to exercise the power of a watchman
or security officer within the City limits of the City of O'Fallon.
All licenses shall be issued for the period of one (1) year.
[R.O. 2008 § 625.130; R.O. 2007
§ 630.130; Ord. No. 3396 § 1, 6-19-1996]
A.
Commissioned Police Officers of the City
of O'Fallon, Missouri may be licensed to perform the duties and carry
out the responsibilities of watchmen or security officers provided
they are employed during the term of their license as commissioned
Police Officers in the State of Missouri. Each officer must have secondary
employment approval from the Chief of Police of the City of O'Fallon.
B.
During the one-year term of the license,
all licenses granted under this provision cease to be valid simultaneously
with termination of the commissioned status.
C.
No further training is required during
employment as long as a Police Officer is qualified by State certification.
D.
Responsibilities and obligations when performing
in the licensed status shall be those applicable to the licensed function
being performed, except that nothing in this provision shall diminish
or enlarge upon the duties and responsibilities of the officers as
provided for by Missouri State Statutes, the Sheriff of St. Charles
County and the City of O'Fallon Police Department.
[R.O. 2008 § 625.140; R.O. 2007
§ 630.140; Ord. No. 3396 § 1, 6-19-1996]
The St. Charles County Sheriff and
the City of O'Fallon Police Department may require additional regulations,
forms and information from all applicants. Said regulations, forms,
and information required by each said governmental unit shall be deemed
consistent with the provisions and intent of this Chapter so long
as such regulations, forms and information are not inconsistent with
this Chapter or the laws and constitutions of this State or the United
States.
[R.O. 2008 § 625.150; R.O. 2007
§ 630.150; Ord. No. 3396 § 1, 6-19-1996]
A current and up-to-date list of
all licenses issued for the City of O'Fallon will be maintained at
the St. Charles County Sheriff's Department and a copy furnished the
Chief of Police of the City of O'Fallon.
[R.O. 2008 § 625.160; R.O. 2007
§ 630.160; Ord. No. 3396 § 1, 6-19-1996]
A violation of any provision of this
Chapter is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five
hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the St. Charles County
Jail for a term not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both fine and
imprisonment. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each
day a violation occurs or continues.
