5.04.010 - Definitions.

For the purpose of this chapter, the words and phrases used herein, unless the context otherwise indicates, shall have the following meanings:

(1)

"Agency" means and includes any person who, as principal or employer, engages in or who advises or holds himself out as being engaged in the patrol business, regardless of trade name.

(2)

"Merchant patrol, security patrol business or any other business engaged in the following" means and includes the business of, or the representation of being engaged in the business of, guarding or protecting persons or other persons' property, or patrolling streets, or businesses, districts or territory for such purpose, for hire or reward, as a business, and/or as an independent contractor regardless of trade name.

(3)

"Patrolman" means and includes any person who engages in, or who advises or holds himself out as being engaged in, the patrol business, or is engaged in the patrol business as an agent or employee of any agency as defined in paragraph (2).

(4)

Any person who engages in any of the foregoing activities set forth in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) above as a part of his regular employment, or as an independent contractor for one employer, wholly upon the premises controlled by his employer or single contractor, and for the exclusive benefit of such employer or such contractor, is a watchman employee, or an independent contractor of one employer, and not otherwise covered by this chapter.

(§ 1 of Res. passed May 20, 1968).

5.04.020 - Agency license required—Method of application—Bond—Fee

It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in any security or any other business as outlined in Section 5.04.010 (1), (2) and (3) in the unincorporated areas of Mason County without first having obtained a license to do so from the Mason County sheriff's office in the following manner:

(1)

The applicant shall furnish full information in writing to the Mason County sheriff's office concerning the ownership of the agency, trade name and location, together with the names and addresses of all persons employing the agency, the information to be kept accurate as of the close of each month's business.

(2)

The applicant for an agency license shall file with the Mason County sheriff's office, at the time of filing the application, a surety bond in the amount of two thousand dollars in favor of Mason County and the Mason County sheriff, state of Washington, conditioned that the licensee will faithfully comply with all of the requirements of this chapter insofar as they relate to the business of the agency by trade name.

(3)

The license fee for an agency shall be twenty-five dollars per year. For the purpose of this chapter, "per year" shall be considered as the time from January 1st to December 31st of each year, or any portion thereof.

(§ 2 of Res. passed May 20, 1968).

5.04.030 - Agency patrolman's license required—Fee.

It is unlawful for any person to act on behalf of any agency engaged in the foregoing business without first obtaining a license from the Mason County sheriff's office to do so. The licensee shall be known as a patrolman under the agency's trade name. The license fee for the patrolman shall be in the amount of five dollars per year or any portion thereof, commencing January 1st and ending December 31st of each year.

(§ 3 of Res. passed May 20, 1968).

5.04.040 - Agency and/or patrolman's license—Application—Investigation.

Application for a patrolman's and/or agency license shall be made to the Mason County sheriff's office on forms to be furnished by him for that purpose, and shall be signed, verified and notarized by the applicant, and shall state his full name, age, date of birth and residence, his present and previous occupations, and the address of the place of business and the name of his employer. No application shall be accepted by the Mason County sheriff until the applicant has been investigated and approved by Mason County sheriff. The Mason County sheriff's office shall fingerprint and photograph the applicant, and shall make a full investigation as to the statements contained in the application. The sheriff shall furnish a written report to the Mason County commissioners and prosecuting attorney as to the results of his investigation and his recommendation as to the disposition of the application.

(§ 4 of Res. passed May 20, 1968).

5.04.050 - Agency and/or patrolman's license—Prohibitive to felons.

A patrolman and/or agency license shall not be granted to any person or agency who, within twenty years of the date of application for such license, has been convicted of any felony.

(§ 5 of Res. passed May 20, 1968).

5.04.060 - Uniform and badge.

Patrolmen on duty must wear a uniform and a badge in a style and design approved by the Mason County sheriff, and all vehicles used by the patrolmen shall be conspicuously marked on both the front doors showing the trade name of the licensee.

(§ 6 of Res. passed May 20, 1968).

5.04.070 - Vehicles.

Any licensee under this chapter shall furnish to the sheriff the description of all motor vehicles which are to be used by the licensee, and state what emblems and/or markings are displayed thereon.

(§ 7 of Res. passed May 20, 1968).

5.04.080 - Reports.

(a)

The licensee or agency shall furnish to the sheriff a monthly report containing the following information: Property owners name, address, and general location of property being patrolled.

(b)

The licensee shall furnish to the sheriff a daily report of all suspected violations of state and county laws which have been observed, these reports to contain the following information: Patrolman's name, address, phone number, date of violation, time, location, what action was taken by patrolman if any.

(§ 8 of Res. passed May 20, 1968).

5.04.090 - Agency and/or patrolman's license—Revocation.

In addition to the penalty provided by law, the board of county commissioners or the sheriff of Mason County, after a hearing, shall have the right to revoke or suspend any license or licenses issued by virtue of this chapter for cause, or where the same were procured by fraud or false representation of facts, or for the violation of or failure to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter, or the conviction of a person holding such license of a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude.

(§ 9 of Res. passed May 20, 1968).