Arizona Laws 32-2404. Private investigator and security guard hearing board; qualifications; appointments; terms; compensation; immunity
A. The private investigator and security guard hearing board is established consisting of seven members and an alternate member who are appointed by the director.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-2404
- Board: means the private investigator and security guard hearing board established by section 32-2404. See Arizona Laws 32-2401
- Department: means the department of public safety. See Arizona Laws 32-2401
- Director: means the director of the department of public safety. See Arizona Laws 32-2401
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Peace officers: means sheriffs of counties, constables, marshals, policemen of cities and towns, commissioned personnel of the department of public safety, personnel who are employed by the state department of corrections and the department of juvenile corrections and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, peace officers who are appointed by a multicounty water conservation district and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, police officers who are appointed by community college district governing boards and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, police officers who are appointed by the Arizona board of regents and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, police officers who are appointed by the governing body of a public airport pursuant to section 28-8426 and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, peace officers who are appointed by a private postsecondary institution pursuant to section 15-1897 and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board and special agents from the office of the attorney general, or of a county attorney, and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Private investigator: means a person other than an insurance adjuster or an on-duty peace officer as defined in section 1-215 who, for any consideration, engages in business or accepts employment to:
(a) Furnish, agree to make or make any investigation for the purpose of obtaining information with reference to:
(i) Crime or wrongs done or threatened against the United States or any state or territory of the United States. See Arizona Laws 32-2401
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
B. Each member of the board shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of this state at the time of appointment. Two members shall be qualifying parties who are licensed as provided in this chapter. Two members shall be qualifying parties who are licensed as provided in chapter 26 of this title. Two members shall be certified peace officers with a rank of at least lieutenant who are not employees of the department. One member shall be a public member who shall not have a financial interest in a private investigation or security guard agency and shall not have an immediate family member or a household member who is licensed or registered under this chapter or chapter 26 of this title or who is a certified peace officer. The alternate member shall be a public member who does not have a financial interest in a private investigation or security guard agency and does not have an immediate family member or a household member who is licensed or registered under this chapter or chapter 26 of this title or who is a certified peace officer.
C. Each member of the board shall serve for a staggered term of five years beginning and ending on the third Monday in January. The alternate member shall serve a five year term beginning and ending on the third Monday in January. A member, including the alternate member, shall not serve more than one term, except that a member appointed to fill a vacancy may be reappointed for one full term. If a qualified replacement has not been found by the end of the member’s term, the director may extend the member’s term for no more than six months or until a replacement is found, whichever occurs first.
D. The director shall fill a vacancy on the board occurring other than by the expiration of term by appointment of a member for the unexpired term as provided in subsection C of this section. The director, after a hearing, may remove any member of the board for misconduct, incompetency or neglect of duty.
E. Members of the board, including the alternate member, are eligible to receive compensation pursuant to section 38-611 for each day actually and necessarily spent in the performance of their duties.
F. Members of the board, including the alternate member, are personally immune from suit with respect to all acts done and actions taken in good faith and in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter.