HOUSE BILL ANALYSIS
HB 2972
Brief Description: Regarding security guards.
Sponsors: Delvin.
Hearing: February 2, 1998
BACKGROUND:
The Department of Licensing regulates private security guards and private security guard businesses. Examples of private security guards include security officers or guards, patrol or merchant patrol service officers or guards, armed escorts or bodyguards, armored vehicle guards, burglar alarm response runners, or crowd control officers.
The Director of the Department of Licensing is responsible for licensing private security guards and private security guard businesses, and developing examinations for licensees. The department also has rule making and enforcement authority.
The director may investigate complaints for unprofessional conduct and impose sanctions for violations of the licensing requirements. Specific acts may result in a person's conviction of a gross misdemeanor. The Department is authorized to assess administrative penalties along with license suspension, revocation, or disciplinary action. The Director may suspend or revoke a license, assess a monetary penalty, restrict or limit the security guard's practice, and take other corrective action against security guards and security guard businesses that violate any of the enumerated requirements for holding a license.
SUMMARY OF BILL:
Defines the duties of a private security guard to include:
(1)The observation and reporting of any unlawful activity;
(2) The prevention of theft or misappropriation of any goods, money, or other items of value;
(3) The protection of individuals or property, including, but not limited to, proprietary information, from harm or misappropriation;