Current through November, 2024
Section 16-97-35 - Experience requirements(a) Applicants for a private detective license shall have had experience reasonably equivalent to at least four years of full-time investigational work. (1) The board shall require training and experience in the following areas: (A) Case investigation and documentation;(E) Review of criminal and civil history records;(F) Interview techniques;(G) Collection and handling of evidence;(I) Use of force options (chapter 703, HRS);(K) Surveillance techniques and activities.(2) The board may accept the following types of experience for persons applying to be private detectives, employment: (A) Under the supervision of a licensed private detective;(B) As a police officer with a police department of a state or political subdivision thereof with at least one year of full-time investigative work;(C) As an investigator with any federal, state, county, or municipal government agency; or(D) As an investigator employed by an attorney-at-law or law firm.(b) Applicants for a guard license shall have had experience reasonably equivalent to at least four years of full-time guard work. (1) The board shall require training and experience in the following areas:(C) Evacuation procedures;(D) Arrest and evidence procedures;(F) Incident investigation;(G) Incident documentation;(I) Screening of individuals entering the premise; and(J) Use of force options (chapter 703, HRS).(2) The board may accept the following types of experience for persons applying to be guards, employment: (A) Under the supervision of a licensed guard;(B) As a guard by a private employer;(C) As a police officer with a police department of a state of political subdivision thereof; or(D) As a guard with any federal, state, county, or municipal government agency.[Eff 3/9/64; am and ren § 16-97-35, 7/30/81; am and comp 2/18/86; comp 8/25/88; comp 10/23/00; am and comp 3/14/11] (Auth: HRS § 463-3) (Imp: HRS §§ 463-3, 463-6, 463-8)