109:2-3-01. Definitions  


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  • When used in this chapter:

    (A) The term "commission" means the Ohio peace officer training commission;

    (B) The term "commander" means the individual, appointed or employed by a training institution and certified by the executive director, as chief administrator of a private security training program;

    (C) The term "executive director" means the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission;

    (D) The term "course" means any private security training program as certified by the executive director of the Ohio peace officer training commission;

    (E) The term "private security academic training course" means the training prescribed in this chapter conducted by a private security commander who has been approved and certified in accordance with the rules of this chapter;

    (F) The term "private security basic firearms certification course" means the training prescribed in this chapter intended to satisfy the requirements of division (B)(1) of section 109.78 and Chapter 4749. of the Revised Code;

    (G) The term "private security firearms requalification course" means the training prescribed in this chapter intended to meet the requirements of division (B)(2) of section 109.78 and Chapter 4749 of the Revised Code;

    (H) The term "private security officer" means a person in any position as listed in section 109.78 of the Revised Code which includes persons employed and compensated by a private organization for the purposes of enforcing the ordinances and laws they are empowered to enforce, or to enforce the rules as outlined by said employer on private property or on the property of another who has entered into a formal agreement with the employer to provide such services;

    (I) The term "management-level" means a position at a level, within a business or governmental entity, with responsibility for control and direction of personnel and programs, in which the individual is vested with discretionary powers of direction and decision making.

    (J) The terms "school" and "training facility" mean the physical site used to conduct training.

Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 04/05/2016 and 04/05/2021
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: R.C. 109.74
Rule Amplifies: R.C. 109.73, R.C. 109.75, R.C. 109.78
Prior Effective Dates: 5/1/1970, 10/1/1993, 2/27/1987, 1/1/2001,