Salinas Municipal Code § 22-1 Defined

For the purpose of this article, the words "patrol service" and "patrol system" shall be deemed to be any service or system that purports to or does furnish to members or subscribers, for a consideration or otherwise, any watchman or guard, either uniformed or otherwise, to patrol any district in the city, or to guard or watch any property, or to perform any service, usually and customarily performed by the regular patrolmen of the police department.

(Ord. No. 141 (NCS), § 1.)

It shall be unlawful for any person, either as principal or agent, to engage in the business of conducting or maintaining, or soliciting business for any patrol service or system, without first obtaining a permit from the council therefor, and without paying the annual license fee provided therefor.

(Ord. No. 141 (NCS), § 2.)

* As to licenses generally, see Ch. 19 of this Code.

Before any person shall engage in the business of conducting or maintaining any patrol service or system in the city, he shall make application in writing to the council for permission to engage in such business. Such application shall be referred to the chief of police, who shall make an investigation concerning the character of the applicant, and shall within seven days report thereon to the council. Upon receiving such report the council shall grant or deny the applicant permission to engage in such business; and such permission shall be granted, unless it shall appear from such report of the chief of police that the applicant is not a person of good moral character, or has not a good character in respect to honesty and integrity, or that the city is already supplied with sufficient or ample police protection by the city police, or by a patrol service or system, or both.

(Ord. No. 141 (NCS), § 3.)

Any permit granted by the council as herein provided shall be issued upon the following terms and conditions:

(a) That such patrol service or patrol system shall be operated and conducted under the general supervision of the chief of police.

(b) That each member of the patrol service or patrol system shall be fingerprinted by the chief of police before engaging in the business of the service or system.

(c) That the moral character, honesty, and integrity of each member of the patrol service or patrol system shall be investigated and approved by the chief of police before such member engages in the business of the service or system. The decision of the chief of police may be appealed to the council, whose decision shall be final.

(d) That the patrol service or patrol system shall promptly give to the chief of police the name of any person whose employment with such service or system has been terminated.

(e) That all members of the patrol service or patrol system are required to at all times wear uniforms while on duty. The chief of police shall regulate the style of uniforms so required.

(f) That any such permit and any license issued pursuant thereto may at any time be revoked by the council for cause shown, after notice to the holder thereof and an opportunity to be heard shall have been given.

(Ord. No. 141 (NCS), § 4; Ord. No. 929 (NCS), § 1.)