Title 5 BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
Chapter 5.12 MERCHANT POLICE SERVICES
5.12.050 License--Revocation or suspension.
The chief of police may suspend or revoke a license under this chapter if
he or she determines that the licensee or, if the licensee is an organization,
any of its officers, directors, partners or associates has:
A. Made any
false statement or given any false information in connection with an application
for a license or a renewal or reinstatement thereof;
B. Violated any
provisions of this chapter;
C. Violated any rule of the chief of police
adopted pursuant to the authority contained in this chapter;
D. Been
convicted of a felony, drug law violation, or crime involving moral turpitude or
illegally using, carrying or possessing a dangerous weapon, subsequent to or
within ten years prior to the issuance of the license;
E. Impersonated,
permitted or aided and abetted an employee to impersonate a law enforcement
officer employee of the United States of America, or of any state or political
subdivision thereof;
F. Committed or permitted any employee to commit
any act while the license was expired, which would be cause for suspension or
revocation of a license, or grounds for the denial of an application for a
license;
G. Wilfully failed or refused to render to a client services or
a report as agreed between the parties, and for such compensation has been paid
or tendered in accordance with the agreement of the
parties;
H. Committed assault, battery, or kidnapping, or used force or
violence on any person without proper justification;
I. Knowingly
violated, or advised, encouraged or assisted the violation of, any court order
or injunction in the course of business as a licensee;
J. Committed any
act which is a ground for denial of application for a license under this
chapter;
K. The record of conviction, or a certified copy thereof, shall
be conclusive evidence of such conviction as that term is used in this section
of this chapter, and a plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a
plea of nolo contendere is deemed to be a conviction within the meaning
thereof;
L. Grounds--Dishonesty or fraud defined. The chief of police
may suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter if he or she
determines that the license, or, if the licensee is a firm, any of its officers,
directors, partners or associates has:
1. Used any letterhead,
advertisement or other printed matter, or in any manner whatever represented
that he/she is an instrumentality of the federal government, a state or any
political subdivision thereof; or
2. Used a name different from that
under which he or she is currently licensed in any advertisement, solicitation
or contract for business;
3. The chief of police may suspend or revoke a
license issued under this chapter if he or she determines that the licensee or,
if the licensee is a firm, any of its officers, directors, partners or
associates has committed any act in the course of the licensee's business
constituting dishonesty or fraud. (Prior code § 6-1006)
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