Cudahy Municipal Code Art. III Private Patrol Systems

“Patrol system” shall mean any private service or private system which purports to furnish or does furnish to members or subscribers any street patrol service or street patrolman to patrol any territory within the corporate limits of the city. (Ord. 505 § 3. 2002 Code § 6-14.1).

Every person conducting a patrol system shall first procure a city license for the territory to be patrolled in addition to any state license required:

(Ord. 505 § 3. 2002 Code § 6-14.2).

When an applicant files an application for a patrol system license with the director, he also shall supply, in writing, the following information to the sheriff’s department:

(1) The name and address of the applicant;

(2) If the applicant is a partnership, the names and addresses of all partners;

(3) If the applicant is a corporation, the names and addresses of the corporate officers and manager and a certified copy of the resolution authorizing such application;

(4) The district or territory proposed to be served by the patrol system;

(5) A description of the methods of operation;

(6) The names and addresses of all patrolmen who are or will be owners, officers, or employees of the applicant;

(7) A statement as to what offenses, if any, any person mentioned in subsection (1), (2) or (3) of this section have been convicted and of the time, place, and circumstances thereof; and

(8) Such other information as either the director or the sheriff’s department may require. (Ord. 505 § 3. 2002 Code § 6-14.3).

The holder of a patrol license shall not sell or offer to sell any transfer or relinquishment of the privilege to operate a patrol system in territory assigned to him or for any consideration whatever agree to advocate or not to oppose the granting of any other patrol system license. (Ord. 505 § 3. 2002 Code § 6-14.4).

Nothing in this chapter shall limit the power of the director to grant a license to more than one patrol system to operate in the same area. (Ord. 505 § 3. 2002 Code § 6-14.5).

“Patrolman” shall mean an individual engaged in the act of guarding property as the owner or member of a patrol system, or as an employee of either a patrol system or any other system, which purports to furnish or does furnish to members or subscribers any watchman or guard, either uniformed or otherwise, to patrol any territory within the corporate limits of the city or to guard or watch any property, including guarding against theft or fire, or both. “Patrolman” shall not include a person who guards the property of a single owner while such property is not open to the public and the entire salary of such person is paid by the owner and there exists only an employer-employee relationship, or a person who, as an employee, only incidentally guards such property but whose main or principal duty is not that of guarding or protecting property. (Ord. 505 § 3. 2002 Code § 6-14.6).

Every patrolman shall first procure a license from the director:

(Ord. 505 § 3. 2002 Code § 6-14.7).

With every application for a patrolman’s license the applicant shall also file a letter from the licensee of a patrol system certifying that such licensee desires to employ such patrolman or that such patrolman is, or will be, an owner or member of such patrol system. (Ord. 505 § 3. 2002 Code § 6-14.8).

Upon a written application by a licensed patrolman, accompanied by the written application of the patrol system which proposes to employ such patrolman, and upon satisfying the director by competent evidence that such patrolman is, or will be, no longer employed by the patrol system formerly employing such patrolman, the director may modify the patrolman’s license so as to designate the new employer and may modify the licenses of the patrol systems by removing such patrolman’s name from one license and adding it to the other license. (Ord. 505 § 3. 2002 Code § 6-14.9).

Unless a patrolman applies to have his license modified as provided in CMC 5.08.260, the director shall revoke the license of such patrolman when he is no longer employed by the patrol system named in his license. (Ord. 505 § 3. 2002 Code § 6-14.10).

A patrolman shall not, either by himself or through the actions of another, harass, annoy, commit a nuisance against, injure the property of, or unnecessarily enter or otherwise trespass upon the property of any person whose property the patrol

system of such patrolman is not employed to protect. (Ord. 505 § 3. 2002 Code § 6-14.11).

The director shall prescribe the size, shape, and inscription upon the badges to be worn by patrolmen. The design shall be such as not to be readily mistaken as an official state or county badge, sheriff’s badge, marshal’s badge, or official badge of any city within the county or of any state officer. (Ord. 505 § 3. 2002 Code § 6-14.12).

The sheriff’s department shall specify the police equipment, including weapons, which a licensee may wear while on duty. Licensees shall not wear any equipment or weapon or carry any weapon not so specified. (Ord. 505 § 3. 2002 Code § 6-14.13).

A patrolman shall not wear any uniform which is an imitation of, or can be mistaken for, an official sheriff’s uniform or an official police uniform of the police force of any city within the county or an official uniform of any state officer. (Ord. 505 § 3. 2002 Code § 6-14.14).

No person shall give, deliver, or sell any patrolman’s badge or cap piece, or any badge or cap piece of a design the same as, or so similar to, the patrolman’s badge or cap piece as to be mistaken therefor, to any private person. (Ord. 505 § 3. 2002 Code § 6-14.15).

Licensees shall not perform official police or investigation activities but shall immediately report every violation of law and every unusual occurrence to the nearest police or sheriff substation. A licensee shall make a full report of such violation or other occurrence without unnecessary delay to such substation. (Ord. 505 § 3. 2002 Code § 6-14.16).