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GENERAL PROVISIONS - ✔✔Prevent the theft, misappropriation, or
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concealment of goods, wares, merchandise, money, bonds, stock || || || || || || || ||
certificates, or other valuable documents, papers, and articles; Prevent
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damage to real or personal property; Prevent assaults, gate-crashing, or
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other disorders at meetings, events, or performances;
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The term "security officer" includes the following: - ✔✔Uniformed individuals
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employed by a security agency or other employer for any of the purposes set
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forth in § 2100.1; and Uniformed individuals privately employed as guards,
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watchpersons, patrol service personnel for specified property, security || || || || || || || ||
technicians, security officers, and other similar positions. || || || || || ||
The term "security officer" does not include any of the following: -
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✔✔Persons commissioned as special police officers Persons working in their
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official capacity as employees of the federal government; Members of the
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Metropolitan Police Department or the public police force of any other || || || || || || || || || || ||
jurisdiction; Persons working as armored car guards; or Persons || || || || || || || || ||
commissioned as campus police officers || || || ||
Certification is valid for how many years? - ✔✔Each certification for a || || || || || || || || || || || ||
security officer issued under this chapter, shall be effective for 2 years. The
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expiration date shall be shown on the certification.|| || || || || || ||
Section 2100.5: 90 Day Transition Period - ✔✔If a security officer's
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certification is scheduled to expire during the 90-day transition period, the
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expiration date for the certification shall be extended until 14 days after the
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expiration of the 90-day period. || || || ||
Violation of General Provisions - ✔✔Violation of any provision of this chapter
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shall be punishable by a fine of up to three hundred dollars ($ 300) or by
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, imprisonment for up to ninety (90) days, in addition to the possible denial, || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
suspension, or revocation of certification || || || ||
DUTY OF SECURITY AGENCY OR EMPLOYER: Liability - ✔✔All security
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agencies and employers have an affirmative duty to supervise security
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officers in their employ, and any attempt at a contractual limitation of
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liability shall be null and void. In all cases, the liability of the security agency
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or other employer for the acts of its
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employees shall be limited to those times when the employee is on duty and || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
to those acts within the scope of the employee's assignment or employment.
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Failure of a private detective agency or security agency to properly
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supervise the activities of its employees is grounds for denial or suspension
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of the agency's license.
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ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS - GENERAL - ✔✔Be at least eighteen (18) years || || || || || || || || || || ||
of age; Either be a United States citizen or have in his or her possession a
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valid
Immigration and Naturalization Service work permit; and Be able to read, || || || || || || || || || || ||
write, and speak the English language. Each person applying for certification
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shall submit to the Mayor, under oath, the information required by this
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chapter, as well as any other information that the Mayor may require for
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assistance in determining the applicant's suitability for certification.
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ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS - HEALTH - ✔✔Each applicant for certification || || || || || || || || ||
shall be required to submit a physician's certificate stating, to the best of the
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physician's knowledge after examining the applicant, the following: The
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applicant is not presently addicted to drugs or alcohol; The applicant is not
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suffering from any debilitating mental defect or disorder; and The applicant
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is not suffering from serious heart disease, severe epilepsy, or other physical
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defect which might cause substantial loss of control in situations of severe
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stress.
Drug Testing - General - ✔✔Each applicant shall be required to pass a drug
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screening administered by the security || || || ||
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GENERAL PROVISIONS - ✔✔Prevent the theft, misappropriation, or
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concealment of goods, wares, merchandise, money, bonds, stock || || || || || || || ||
certificates, or other valuable documents, papers, and articles; Prevent
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damage to real or personal property; Prevent assaults, gate-crashing, or
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other disorders at meetings, events, or performances;
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The term "security officer" includes the following: - ✔✔Uniformed individuals
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employed by a security agency or other employer for any of the purposes set
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forth in § 2100.1; and Uniformed individuals privately employed as guards,
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
watchpersons, patrol service personnel for specified property, security || || || || || || || ||
technicians, security officers, and other similar positions. || || || || || ||
The term "security officer" does not include any of the following: -
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔Persons commissioned as special police officers Persons working in their
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official capacity as employees of the federal government; Members of the
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
Metropolitan Police Department or the public police force of any other || || || || || || || || || || ||
jurisdiction; Persons working as armored car guards; or Persons || || || || || || || || ||
commissioned as campus police officers || || || ||
Certification is valid for how many years? - ✔✔Each certification for a || || || || || || || || || || || ||
security officer issued under this chapter, shall be effective for 2 years. The
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
expiration date shall be shown on the certification.|| || || || || || ||
Section 2100.5: 90 Day Transition Period - ✔✔If a security officer's
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certification is scheduled to expire during the 90-day transition period, the
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expiration date for the certification shall be extended until 14 days after the
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expiration of the 90-day period. || || || ||
Violation of General Provisions - ✔✔Violation of any provision of this chapter
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shall be punishable by a fine of up to three hundred dollars ($ 300) or by
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, imprisonment for up to ninety (90) days, in addition to the possible denial, || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
suspension, or revocation of certification || || || ||
DUTY OF SECURITY AGENCY OR EMPLOYER: Liability - ✔✔All security
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agencies and employers have an affirmative duty to supervise security
|| || || || || || || || || ||
officers in their employ, and any attempt at a contractual limitation of
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
liability shall be null and void. In all cases, the liability of the security agency
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
or other employer for the acts of its
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employees shall be limited to those times when the employee is on duty and || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
to those acts within the scope of the employee's assignment or employment.
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Failure of a private detective agency or security agency to properly
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supervise the activities of its employees is grounds for denial or suspension
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of the agency's license.
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ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS - GENERAL - ✔✔Be at least eighteen (18) years || || || || || || || || || || ||
of age; Either be a United States citizen or have in his or her possession a
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
valid
Immigration and Naturalization Service work permit; and Be able to read, || || || || || || || || || || ||
write, and speak the English language. Each person applying for certification
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
shall submit to the Mayor, under oath, the information required by this
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
chapter, as well as any other information that the Mayor may require for
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
assistance in determining the applicant's suitability for certification.
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ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS - HEALTH - ✔✔Each applicant for certification || || || || || || || || ||
shall be required to submit a physician's certificate stating, to the best of the
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physician's knowledge after examining the applicant, the following: The
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applicant is not presently addicted to drugs or alcohol; The applicant is not
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suffering from any debilitating mental defect or disorder; and The applicant
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is not suffering from serious heart disease, severe epilepsy, or other physical
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defect which might cause substantial loss of control in situations of severe
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stress.
Drug Testing - General - ✔✔Each applicant shall be required to pass a drug
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screening administered by the security || || || ||
