Definitions

PURPOSE: This rule standardizes the common terms unique to the private security field. The definitions will be the accepted interpretation for these prescribed rules. (1) Applicant—A person who applies for a watchman license. (2) Badge/identification (ID) card—A card that is issued to private watchman bearing a picture of, and information about, the person to whom the card is issued. (3) Cancellation—The inactivation of a license at the request of an employer. (4) Designated area—The location to which a private watchman is assigned by his/her employer or contracting company. (5) License—The document which is issued to each of the licensed security personnel by the board of police commissioners authorizing the holder to perform specific security duties in the City of St. Louis as designated by the license. (6) Revocation—The inactivating of a license by the board of police commissioners for just cause. (7) Suspension—The temporary suspension of a license pending an administrative investigation determined by the board of police commissioners. (8) Termination—The inactivating of a license through resignation, cancellation, expiration or revocation. AUTHORITY: section 84.340, RSMo 1986.* Original rule filed April 8, 1988, effective July 11, 1988. *Original authority: 84.340, RSMo 1939.