PURPOSE: This rule establishes minimum standards and classification of licenses related to specific private security services or proprietary private investigative services provided.

1. (1) Individual licenses to provide private security services or proprietary private investigative services granted pursuant to this chapter shall be classified as either Class A licenses or Class B licenses.

   1. (A) Class A licensees shall have the authority to detain or apprehend suspects either committing felonies, misdemeanors, or city ordinance violations in the presence of the licensee or during the attempt to commit the same or upon probable cause to believe an offense was committed; provided, however, the authority is limited to the property the licensee is hired to protect during the hours s/he is hired to protect said property and is not to extend to the public streets of the city with the exception of suspects fleeing from private property on foot. In that case, the authority shall extend to the public streets so long as there is hot pursuit and the suspect has not attempted escape in a vehicle and further excepting airport police officers whose authority is set forth in this rule. No vehicle pursuits are allowed except as specifically authorized in 17 CSR 10-2.030(10)(A)4. Class A licenses may be further classified pursuant to the following titles, designations, and authorities:

      1. 1. Loss prevention agent—One who is

unarmed, nonuniformed, and is responsible to observe, investigate, apprehend, and prosecute shoplifters, fraud checks, internal thefts, and the like. This individual is employed to prevent theft by unobtrusive, alert skills;

1. 2. Patrol agent—Armed or unarmed,

uniformed position delegated all the responsibility of a guard with the authority to react to illegal action by apprehension or detention. Persons, such as bank guards and hospital security, are normally assigned to a particular designated post to protect persons and property. This individual may also be responsible for proactive, aggressive policing of the property they are hired to protect. These responsibilities include foot patrol, response to alarms, self-initiated activity such as car and pedestrian checks on designated private property, investigations, apprehension or detention of suspects, and assisting in prosecution;

1. 3. Proprietary private investigator—An

armed or unarmed, nonuniformed person employed exclusively and regularly by one (1) employer in connection with the affairs of that employer and where there exists an employeremployee relationship, responsible for investigations which impact that employer. The qualification for this classification is set out in 17 CSR 10-2.050(1)(C); and

1. 4. Airport police—Armed and uniformed

position responsible for patrolling the property designated as the Kansas City International Airport and the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport who are granted special permission to be known as the Kansas City International Airport Police. These officers are exempt from the provisions of 17 CSR 10-2.060(4). Airport police personnel shall be required to have a Class A license. Officers with licenses pursuant to this subclassification have the following authority, in addition to those created by the Class A license. The Class A license that has the airport police designation shall have authority to enforce city ordinance and state statute violations upon the public streets of the city, but only upon the streets within the property boundaries of the Kansas City International Airport and the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport. The Class A license that has the designation unarmed, uniformed “traffic control officer” shall have the authority to control traffic and issue citations for parking violations, but only upon the streets within the property boundaries of the Kansas City International Airport and the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport. This section grants no authority to engage in a vehicle pursuit on streets not within the property boundaries of the Kansas City International Airport or the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport.

1. (B) Class B licenses shall not grant the authority for the licensees to detain or apprehend suspects. An applicant shall designate the particular subclassification listed in this subsection when applying for a Class B license. An applicant must make a separate application when applying for a Class B license designating more than one (1) subclassification of authority. The license identification issued by the Board of Police Commissioners of Kansas City, Missouri (board) shall designate which subcategory of a Class B license has been granted.

   1. 1. Guard—A guard is an unarmed, uni-

formed position with primary responsibilities being to watch and report on/or in a specific premises or designated area, to escort or guide, to control crowds, to give directions, to monitor camera systems, to control access, and to offer assistance for the safety of others. The guard has no authority to detain or apprehend a person suspected of committing a crime.

1. 2. Armed courier—An armed, uni-

formed position primarily responsible for the protection and transport of money and other valuables from one (1) designated area to another. This licensee has the authority to conduct private security services on the public streets of the city, but this authority is limited to protecting property from activities which would impact the property protected. The courier must meet the qualifications relating to authority to carry a firearm, as set out in this chapter.

1. 3. Proprietary private investigator—An

armed or unarmed, nonuniformed person employed exclusively and regularly by one (1) employer in connection with the affairs of that employer and where there exists an employeremployee relationship, responsible for investigations which impact that employer. The qualification for this classification is set out in 17 CSR 10-2.050(1)(C).

AUTHORITY: section 84.720, RSMo 2000.* Original rule filed Dec. 5. 1979, effective March 17, 1980. Amended: Filed May 3, 17 CSR 10-2 1988, effective Sept. 29, 1988. Rescinded and readopted: Filed May 28, 1993, effective Jan. 31, 1994. Rescinded and readopted: Filed Dec. 15, 1999, effective Aug. 30, 2000. Rescinded and readopted: Filed March 14, 2013, effective Aug. 30, 2013. *Original authority: 84.720, RSMo 1939, amended 1943, 1993.