2019 Delaware Code
Title 24 - Professions and Occupations
Chapter 13. Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies
§ 1321 Firearms.
(a) It shall be unlawful for anyone licensed, under this chapter, to carry a concealed deadly weapon as defined in § 1442 of Title 11, unless they have been issued a concealed deadly weapons permit.
(b) It shall be unlawful for anyone licensed, under this chapter, to carry any type of weapon unless the Board has approved the use of such weapon and, if approved, the person has been trained in the use of such weapon, by a board-approved instructor.
(1) Private investigative, private security and armored car agencies shall be held responsible for monitoring all firearm certification or recertification for their employees for compliance with promulgated rules and regulations.
(2) Private investigative, private security and armored car agencies must provide the Professional Licensing Section with documentation that employees are compliant with firearm certification and recertification requirements of the Board.
(3) The Board may revoke the ability to carry a weapon if a registration holder or agency fails to comply with promulgated rules and regulations.
(c) It shall be unlawful for an individual, employed as a security guard, to carry a firearm during the course of performing their duties as a security guard, if they have not been issued a commissioned security guard license.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to hire or employ an individual or for any individual to accept employment, in the capacity of a security guard, to carry a firearm in the course and scope of employment duties unless the security guard has been issued a commissioned security guard license.
(e) It shall be unlawful for a commissioned security guard to carry a firearm unless:
(1) The security guard is engaged in the performance of duties as a security officer or is engaged in traveling directly to or from a place of assignment;
(2) The security guard is wearing a distinctive uniform indicating that the person is a security guard;
(3) Such uniform has a distinctive patch that indicates the company by whom the person is employed;
(4) The firearm is in plain view; and
(5) The firearm is the type of weapon that the commissioned security guard qualified with pursuant to this chapter.
24 Del. C. 1953, § 1318; 50 Del. Laws, c. 301, § 1; 69 Del. Laws, c. 285, §§ 3, 7; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 81 Del. Laws, c. 99, § 20.
