The purpose of this chapter is to provide increased levels of protection for the general public who are consumers of private security services or who come into contact with individuals who are performing security-related services on private property generally open to the public. To achieve this objective, this chapter prescribes uniform procedures and qualifications, requires the licensing of companies providing certain security services, requires the registration of private security officers employed in the city, requires public liability insurance coverage, requires personal history checks on all private security officers, and restricts the hiring of certain persons as security officers. (Ord. 3824 §1, 1976).