Section 17-2111. IDENTIFICATION CARDS AND EMPLOYEE LISTS

 

2111.1Upon certification by the Mayor and payment of a five dollar ($5) fee, each security officer shall receive an identification card containing a photograph of the security officer, the name and business address of the officer's employer, and a statement that the bearer is not a police officer and only has the powers of an ordinary citizen.

 

2111.2The identification card shall be carried on the person of the security officer whenever he or she is engaged in his or her duties and shall be exhibited upon request to any person with whom the security officer may come in contact in the performance of his or her duties.

 

2111.3Each security officer shall take due care to prevent his or her identification card from falling into the possession of any unauthorized person.

 

2111.4If the identification card is lost or destroyed, a duplicate card shall be issued by the Mayor upon payment of a three dollar ($3) fee.

 

2111.5Upon termination of the security officer's service, he or she shall return the identification card to the Mayor within forty-eight (48) hours, excluding weekends and holidays.

 

2111.6If a security officer takes employment with another security agency or employer, a new identification card shall be issued upon payment of a one dollar ($1) fee.

 

2111.7The Mayor shall collect information and maintain, on a current basis, a registry of all security officers and applicants for security officer employment in the District of Columbia. The registry shall include:

 

(a)The name, address, and date of birth of each security officer or applicant;

 

(b)Whether an identification card has been issued, denied, suspended, revoked, or expired;

 

(c)The security guard company or companies by whom the security officer is or has been employed or has applied for employment; and

 

(d)Such other information as the Mayor may require; provided, that if the registry or other security officer database includes criminal history information, that criminal history information shall not be made available to the public.

 

2111.8Each security agency which employs security officers shall transmit to the Mayor, no later than the 15th day of January following the effective date of the Enhanced Professional Security Amendment Act of 2006 passed on 2nd reading on July 11, 2006 (Enrolled version of Bill 16-102), a list that shall include the information required in § 2111.7, and such other information as the Mayor may require; provided, that in no case shall the registry required under § 2111.7 or other security officer database include criminal history information. Following submission of the initial list, each security agency shall submit to the Mayor the name of each security officer employed or who has retired or been resigned or whose employment as a security officer is terminated for any reason, no later than the 15th calendar day following such employment, retirement, resignation, or termination, and, in the instance of newly appointed security officers, shall include all the information required to be furnished by this section.

 

2111.9Any person shall have timely access to information contained in the registry, but limited to the following information with respect to security officers or applicants:

 

(a)Name;

 

(b)Date of birth;

 

(c)Employment history; and

 

(d)Status of certification.

 

2111.10The Mayor shall continue to maintain in the registry the information required for each security officer or applicant by this section for a period of no less than 10 years following the security officer's termination, revocation, resignation, retirement, or failure to be hired or renewed, at which time the Mayor shall destroy the information.

 

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§4.1 of the Regulation Establishing Standards for Certification and Employment for Security Officers, Reg. No. 74-31, approved December 1, 1974, 21 DCR 1203 (December 13, 1974); as amended by D.C. ACT 16-465 published at 53 DCR 6726 (August 18, 2006).