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31 <br /> MEMO <br /> DA'L'E: May 6, 2004 <br /> TO: Michael Mornson, City Manager <br /> FROM: Capt. Ohl <br /> SUBJECT: Criminal Checks on Peddlers, Solicitors, and Transient Merchants <br /> It has come to my attention that we are completing BCA Computerized Criminal Checks <br /> on peddlers, solicitors, and transient merchants without the proper language in our <br /> Ordinance number 1130. <br /> The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension specifically states that: <br /> 6 We must have an ordinance that expressly, or by implication, authorizes the use <br /> of CCH records for the screening of an applicant, <br /> • The ordinance must require the signed consent of the applicant, <br /> • The ordinance must include the grounds and reasons in determining denial, <br /> • The ordinance must require notification to the applicant of the reason for the <br /> denial. <br /> I would suggest the following language be added to Section 1130 of our City Ordinance: <br /> Investigation and issuance <br /> a) Upon receipt of each application, it shall be referred to the Chief of Police <br /> who shall immediately institute such investigation of the applicant's <br /> business and moral character as he/she deems necessary including, but not <br /> limited to, a criminal history and a wanted person's check with the Bureau <br /> of Criminal Apprehension for the protection of the public good. Each <br /> applicant and agent of the applicant must sign an"Informed Consent" <br /> acknowledging the reason for which the criminal background is being <br /> completed. <br /> b) If as a result of such investigation, the applicant's business and moral <br /> character are found to be unsatisfactory, the Chief of Police shall endorse <br />