Printable Format75-7b02. Licensure required; law enforcement officers ineligible for license. Unless expressly exempted from the provisions of this act:
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in detective business in this state unless such person is licensed as a private detective under this act.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in business in this state as a private detective agency unless such person is licensed therefor.
(c) No law enforcement officer or any person who holds a special commission from any law enforcement agency of the federal government or of the state or any political subdivision thereof may be licensed as a private detective or private detective agency.
History: L. 1972, ch. 315, § 2; L. 1981, ch. 326, § 2; July 1.
Attorney General's Opinions:
Firefighter is not ineligible to become a licensed private detective. 82-271.
Expert testimony of out-of-state arson investigators is admissible even though such witnesses are not licensed in Kansas. 87-138.
Conduct of polygraph examination does not constitute an investigation requiring licensure. 98-17.
Community correctional officer is not a "law enforcement officer" under private investigative or security operations act. 98-27.
Jurisdiction of school law enforcement officer based on location, as well as control or ownership of property. 2002-39.