PURPOSE: This rule standardizes the common terms unique to the private security field. The definitions will be the accepted interpretation for these prescribed rules.

1. (1) Applicant—A person who applies for a private security license.
2. (2) Arrest—The authority to apprehend and detain individuals observed or suspected of committing a law violation.
3. (3) Badge/identification (ID) card—A card that is issued to security personnel bearing a picture of, and information about, the person to whom the card is issued.
4. (4) Cancellation—The inactivation of a license at the request of an employer.
5. (5) Designated area—The established property owned or leased to which a licensed security person is assigned by his/her employer or contracting company. The authority of a security person exists only within this designated area and applies only to incidents occurring within that area.
6. (6) Firearm—Gun double action .38 Special caliber revolver only.
7. (7) Hot pursuit—The pursuit of suspects for on-view felonies only.
8. (8) License—The document which is issued to each of the licensed security personnel by the board of police commissioners authorizing the holder to perform specific security duties in the City of St. Louis as designated by his/her license.
9. (9) Protective devices—The only approved instruments used for personal protection are slapper, baton, nightstick, aerosol tear gas and handcuffs.
10. (10) Revocation—The inactivating of a license by the board of police commissioners for just cause.
11. (11) Suspension—The temporary suspension of a license pending an administrative investigation determined by the board of police commissioners.
12. (12) Termination—The inactivating of a license through resignation, cancellation, expiration or revocation.
13. (13) Weapons—Instruments used as protective devices as listed in section (9), including a firearm, slapper, baton, nightstick, aerosol tear gas and handcuffs.

AUTHORITY: section 84.340, RSMo 1986.* Original rule filed April 8, 1988, effective July 11, 1988.

*Original authority: 84.340, RSMo 1939.