City of Milwaukee - File #: 230678

• File #: 230678
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/1/2023
• In control: LICENSES COMMITTEE
• Final action: 3/19/2024
• Effective date: 4/6/2024
• Title: A substitute ordinance relating to the establishment of license and bond requirements for private security personnel.
• Sponsors: COMMON COUNCIL
• Indexes: LICENSES, SECURITY MEASURES

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/5/2024	2	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
3/20/2024	2	MAYOR	SIGNED
3/19/2024	1	COMMON COUNCIL	SUBSTITUTED	Pass	15:0
3/19/2024	2	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED; Minutes note: Ald. Brostoff moved to add all the Council members as sponsors. There were no objections.	Pass	15:0
3/5/2024	0	LICENSES COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE; Minutes note: Ald. Pratt presented the file after the fatal incident where a felon working as a "security guard" in a gas station took the life of Isaiah Allen. The meeting paused at 9:13 a.m. The meeting reconvened at 9:16 a.m.	Pass	5:0
9/1/2023	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
230678
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference

Sponsor
COMMON COUNCIL
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to the establishment of license and bond requirements for private security personnel.
Section
81-104.7 rn
81-104.7 cr
84-55 cr
Analysis
This ordinance establishes a requirement for security personnel to obtain a license, and to execute a bond agreement prior to attaining such license.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 81-104.7 of the code is renumbered to 81-104.8

Part 2. Section 81-104.7 of the code is created to read:

81-104.7. Security Personnel.
1. Each license shall be valid for 2 years from the date of issuance.
2. The fee for each license shall be $100.

Part 2. Section 84-55 of the code is created to read:

84-55. Security Personnel License.
1. DEFINITIONS. In this section, “security personnel” means any on-site employee or contractor of an establishment, or any employee of a third-party security firm hired by an establishment, whose primary job responsibility is maintaining the security of a premise.
2. LICENSE; WHEN REQUIRED. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to inform the city that an establishment utilizes security personnel, unless such personnel possess a valid license issued pursuant to this section, or a valid private security permit pursuant to ch. SPS 31, Wis. Admin. Code.
3. APPLICATION. License application forms shall be obtained from the city clerk and require the information specified in s. 85-12.
4. INVESTIGATION AND FINGERPRINTING. Each application for a new license shall be referred to the chief of police in accordance with s. 85-21.
5. CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL. a. A license may be issued under this section if the individual applicant, or each member of a partnership or a limited liability company or each corporate officer who executed the application:
a-1. Subject to ss. 111.321, 111.322, and 111.335, Wis. Stat...