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Committee advances ordinance to bar armed guards from drawing to protect property after Banco Brown killing
Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee · September 28, 2023
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Summary
The committee voted unanimously to recommend an ordinance that would prohibit private security guards from drawing or exhibiting firearms to protect property, aligning local rules with state training standards that permit drawing only for imminent threats to life.
Supervisor Matt Preston presented an ordinance to amend Article 25 of the Police Code to remove property as a justification for a security guard to draw or exhibit a firearm and to clarify language so it covers all firearms. Preston framed the measure as a response to the killing…
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