Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 17 - BOARDS OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS › Division 10 - Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners › Chapter 2 - Private Security › Section 17 CSR 10-2.010 - Regulation and Licensing in General

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: Under the provisions of sections 84.420 and
				  84.720, RSMo, the Board of Police Commissioners of Kansas City, Missouri
				  (board) has the authority and duty to regulate and license all private security
				  and proprietary private investigative personnel, serving or acting as such
				  within Kansas City, Missouri (city). This rule establishes procedures, testing
				  requirements, and license fees for those persons required to be
				  licensed.
(1) Any
				corporation, partnership, or other entity that provides private security
				services and proprietary private investigative services is fully responsible
				for the acts and omissions of its employees acting in the course and scope of
				their duties. Training is the responsibility of the entity hiring such
				employees. The board is a licensing agency, not an employer, and assumes no
				responsibilities for the acts or omissions of any entity or individual
				providing such services. The board's functions are limited to licensing and
				regulating any entity or individual who performs such services. The board shall
				have the power and duty to enforce the provisions of these rules and upon
				complaint of any person or on its own initiative to investigate violations, or
				to investigate the business, business practices, or business method of any
				person, firm, company, partnership, corporation, or political subdivision
				applying for or holding a license for providing private security services and
				proprietary private investigative services if, in the opinion of board, the
				investigation is warranted. Each entity or individual applicant shall be
				obligated to supply the information, books, papers, or records as reasonably
				may be required concerning proposed business practices or methods. Those
				licensed must maintain the records that the board requires which include but
				are not limited to records of contract accounts, employment records, time
				records, and assignment records along with records required to be kept by
				federal and state law.
(2) Any
				license granted under section 84.720, RSMo, shall constitute a privilege to do
				business and shall not invest the one licensed with any contractual interest or
				inherent right.
(3) Those licensed
				to perform private security services or proprietary private investigative
				services have police powers limited to the property which they have been
				lawfully assigned to protect. With the exception of those licensed as airport
				police and park rangers, whose authority is set out in 17 CSR 10-2.030(1)(A) 4.
				and 17 CSR 10-2.030(1)(A) 5., those licensed under these provisions have no
				authority to enforce ordinances, statutes, or rules on the public streets of
				the city or at any location other than on the property they have been assigned
				to protect.
(4) Private Officers
				Licensing Unit (POLU) is responsible for investigating, processing, licensing,
				inspecting, and the regulation of all persons working or acting as licensed
				private security or proprietary private investigators. The POLU is further
				responsible for issuing and transferring all such licenses, for reinstatements,
				and for periodic inspection of license holders.
(5) Private security and proprietary private
				investigator licenses are required for each of the following:
(A) Any individual providing private security
				services or proprietary private investigative services within the city whether
				for a licensed private security business or otherwise (collectively a security
				officer);
(B) Any firm, company,
				partnership, or corporation that provides private security services or
				proprietary private investigative services (collectively a security
				firm);
(C) Any direct supervisor of
				a security officer; and
(D) Any
				political subdivision, sole proprietorship, firm, company, partnership, or
				corporation that employs personnel to provide private security services or
				proprietary private investigative services.