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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="19-303" title_number="19" title_name="Security Guard Agencies and Security Guard Certification" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Security Guard Agency Licenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “organized police agency” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a police department of the State or of a county or municipal corporation of the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a private police department that is allowed to enroll its officers in approved Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission schools and academies; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a law enforcement agency of the United States, of any state, or of any county or municipal corporation of any state.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An individual applicant or, if the applicant is a firm, the representative member shall have:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>at least 5 years experience as a full–time private detective certified under Title 13 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>at least:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>5 years of experience as a full–time police officer with an organized police agency; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>completed successfully a police officer training course that is recognized and approved by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>at least 3 years of experience in an investigative capacity as a detective while serving as a police officer with an organized police agency;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>at least:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>3 years of experience in an investigative capacity in any unit of the United States, of the State, or of a county or municipal corporation of the State for the purpose of law enforcement; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>completed successfully the police officer training that is recognized and approved by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>at least:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>5 years of experience as a full–time fire investigator for a fire department or law enforcement agency of the State or of a county or municipal corporation of the State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>completed successfully the training certified by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission or the Maryland Fire–Rescue Education and Training Commission; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>at least:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>5 years of experience as a full–time correctional supervisor in a correctional facility in the State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>completed successfully the training required by the Correctional Training Commission.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
