(1) The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training shall conduct an investigation of each applicant’s character, competence and reliability, and any other matter related to the manner and method by which the applicant proposes to conduct and conducted operations as a private security entity.

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 181A.902

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100

(2) The department may not issue or renew a license to operate as a private security entity until the department is satisfied as to the applicant’s character, competence and reliability.

(3) Evidence of unsatisfactory character, competence or reliability includes committing an unlawful act or violating or failing to comply with any provision of ORS § 181A.840 to 181A.918.

(4) Any person may protest the issuance or renewal of a license to any applicant at any time, and the department shall give the person an opportunity to state the reasons for the objection. [2021 c.618 § 9]