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)