California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 4 - Private Patrol Operators

• Section 7583.
  For purposes of this article, “licensee” means a licensed private patrol operator.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1285, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1995.)
• Section 7583.1.
  (a) An applicant, or his or her manager, for a license as a private patrol operator shall have had at least one year of experience as...
• Section 7583.2.
  No person licensed as a private patrol operator shall do any of the following:(a) Fail to properly maintain an accurate and current record of all firearms...
• Section 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 his or...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 7583.6.
  (a) A person entering the employ of a licensee to perform the functions of a security guard or a security patrolperson shall complete a course in...
• Section 7583.7.
  (a) The course of training in the exercise of the power to arrest may be administered, tested, and certified by any licensee or by any organization...
• Section 7583.8.
  No employee of a licensee who performs the function of a security guard or security patrolperson shall be issued a registration card until there is...
• Section 7583.9.
  (a) Upon accepting employment by a private patrol operator, any employee who performs the function of a security guard or security patrolperson who is not currently...
• Section 7583.10.a.
  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 employee.(b) The...
• Section 7583.12.
  (a) An employee of a licensee shall not carry or use a firearm unless the employee has in his or her possession both of the following:(1) A...
• Section 7583.12.a.
  (a) An employee of a licensee shall not carry or use a firearm unless the employee has in his or her possession both of the following:(1) A...
• Section 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 determination...
• Section 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 days...
• Section 7583.15.
  If the director determines that continued employment of an applicant, firearms qualification cardholder, or registrant, in his or her current capacity, may present an undue...
• Section 7583.16.
  (a) The director may refuse to register any employee, or may suspend or revoke a previously issued registration, if the individual has committed any action which,...
• Section 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...
• Section 7583.17.a.
  (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...
• Section 7583.18.
  A qualified manager who complies with Section 7582.22 is not required to register under this article.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1285, Sec. 6. Effective January...
• Section 7583.19.
  A licensee shall at all times be responsible for ascertaining that those of his or her employees who are subject to registration are currently registered...
• Section 7583.20.a.
  (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....
• Section 7583.20.b.
  (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....
• Section 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,...
• Section 7583.22.
  (a) A licensee, qualified manager of a licensee, or security guard who, in the course of his or her employment, may be required to carry a...
• Section 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 licensee,...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 submission of the...
• Section 7583.27.
  (a) A firearm permit shall be automatically revoked if at any time the Department of Justice notifies the bureau that the holder of the firearm permit...
• Section 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...
• Section 7583.29.
  (a) 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...
• Section 7583.30.a.
  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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 7583.33.
  (a) Any licensee, qualified manager, or a registered uniformed security guard who wishes to carry a baton in the performance of his or her duties, shall...
• Section 7583.34.
  A licensee shall not permit any employee to carry a baton prior to ascertaining that the employee is proficient in the use of the weapon....
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 action...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 applicant or licensee...
• Section 7583.40.a.
  “Insurance policy,” as used in this article, means a commercial general liability policy of insurance issued by an insurance company authorized to transact business in...
• Section 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.(Added by...
• Section 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...
• Section 7583.45.
  (a) After July 1, 2000, every security guard working on the property of a public K-12 school district or community college district pursuant to a contract...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 firearms...

Last modified: October 22, 2018