ARTICLE 4. Private Patrol Operators

Article 4 repealed and added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1285, Sec. 6.

§§ 7583–7583.47 · 42 sections

§ 7583 For purposes of this article, “licensee” means a licensed private patrol operator.
§ 7583.1 (a) An applicant, or their manager, for a license as a private patrol operator shall have had at least two years, which shall consist of not less than 4,000…
§ 7583.2 A person licensed as a private patrol operator shall not do any of the following: (a) Fail to properly maintain an accurate and current record of all firearms…
§ 7583.3 No person required to be registered as a security guard pursuant to this chapter shall do any of the following: (a) Fail to carry on their person, while on…
§ 7583.4 Any person registered as a security guard or patrolperson, and the employer of the security guard or patrolperson, shall deliver to the director a written…
§ 7583.5 (a) Every licensee and any person employed and compensated by a licensee, other lawful business, or public agency as a security guard or patrolperson, and who…
§ 7583.6 (a) Each applicant for a security guard registration shall complete a course in the exercise of the power to arrest and the appropriate use of force as a…
§ 7583.7 (a) The course of training in the exercise of the power to arrest and the appropriate use of force may be administered, tested, and certified by any licensee…
§ 7583.8 A licensee shall not permit an employee to perform the functions of a security guard without confirming that the person holds a current and valid security…
§ 7583.9 (a) The security guard registration applicant shall submit the application, the registration fee, and their fingerprints, either in the form of classifiable…
§ 7583.10 The application shall be verified and shall include all of the following: (a) The full name, residence address, telephone number, and date of birth of the…
§ 7583.12 (a) An employee of a licensee shall not carry or use a firearm unless the employee has in their possession both of the following: (1) A valid guard…
§ 7583.13 (a) The bureau, upon receipt of a criminal offense record or record of a subsequent arrest from the Department of Justice, shall make an immediate…
§ 7583.14 (a) If the chief determines that an applicant’s criminal history contains open arrest information, the chief shall issue a notice to the applicant allowing 45…
§ 7583.16 (a) The director may deny an application for registration, or may suspend or revoke a previously issued registration, if the individual has committed any…
§ 7583.17 (a) Upon approval of an application for registration, the chief shall cause to be issued to the applicant at his or her last known residential address a…
§ 7583.18 A qualified manager who complies with Section 7582.22 is not required to register under this article.
§ 7583.19 A licensee shall at all times be responsible for ascertaining that those of their employees who are subject to registration are currently registered as…
§ 7583.20 (a) A registration issued under this chapter expires at midnight on the last day of the month two years following the date of issuance unless renewed. At least…
§ 7583.21 The registration of a security guard shall be automatically suspended if the guard is convicted of any crime that is substantially related to the functions,…
§ 7583.22 (a) A licensee, qualified manager of a licensee, or security guard who, in the course of their employment, may be required to carry a firearm shall, prior to…
§ 7583.23 The bureau shall issue a firearms permit when all of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) The applicant is a licensee, a qualified manager of a…
§ 7583.24 (a) The bureau shall not issue a firearm permit if the applicant is prohibited from possessing, receiving, owning, or purchasing a firearm pursuant to state or…
§ 7583.25 (a) The bureau shall not renew a firearm permit if the applicant is prohibited from possessing, receiving, purchasing, or owning a firearm pursuant to state or…
§ 7583.26 (a) The Department of Justice may charge the bureau a fee sufficient to reimburse the department’s costs for furnishing firearm eligibility information upon…
§ 7583.27 (a) A firearm permit may be revoked if at any time the Department of Justice notifies the bureau that the holder of the firearm permit is prohibited from…
§ 7583.28 If an applicant fails to complete his or her application within one year after it has been filed, the application shall be considered to be abandoned. An…
§ 7583.29 If a firearms permit is denied, the denial of the permit shall be in writing and shall describe the basis for the denial. The denial shall inform the applicant…
§ 7583.30 The firearms qualification card, if issued, shall be mailed to the applicant at the address which appears on the application. In the event of the loss or…
§ 7583.31 A firearms qualification card does not authorize the holder thereof to carry a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person in…
§ 7583.32 (a) A firearms qualification card expires two years from the date of issuance, if not renewed. A person who wishes to renew a firearms qualification card shall…
§ 7583.35 Every licensee, qualified manager, or a registered uniformed security guard, who in the course of his or her employment carries tear gas or any other nonlethal…
§ 7583.36 A licensee shall not permit any employee to carry tear gas or any other nonlethal chemical agent prior to ascertaining that the employee is proficient in the…
§ 7583.37 The director may assess fines as enumerated in Article 7 (commencing with Section 7587). Assessment of administrative fines shall be independent of any other…
§ 7583.38 A city, county, or city and county may regulate the uniforms and insignias worn by uniformed employees of a private patrol operator and vehicles used by a…
§ 7583.39 (a) The bureau shall require, as a condition precedent to the issuance, reinstatement, reactivation, renewal, or continued maintenance of a license, that the…
§ 7583.40 “Insurance policy,” as used in this article, means a commercial general liability policy of insurance issued by an insurance company authorized to transact…
§ 7583.41 Proof that a licensee maintains an insurance policy as required by this article shall be provided by the licensee to the bureau upon demand.
§ 7583.42 The failure of a private patrol operator to maintain an insurance policy as required by this article shall constitute grounds for the suspension of the private…
§ 7583.45 (a) (1) Every security guard working on the property of a K–12 school district or community college district pursuant to a contract with a private licensed…
§ 7583.46 (a) (1) It shall be a violation of Section 1102.5 of the Labor Code for a private patrol operator to discharge, demote, threaten, or in any manner discriminate…
§ 7583.47 (a) As used in this section, “assessment” means the application of a testing instrument identified by the bureau that evaluates whether an applicant for a…