{"id":"AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-056","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Illinois; IDFPR Division of Professional Regulation (Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor and Locksmith Board)","state":"IL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-TRADE-BOARDS","eco":"","issuer":"IDFPR, Secretary Deborah Hagan","authority":"225 ILCS 447/40-10; EO 2020-10","instrument":"IDFPR Statement on Security Staff as Essential Operations (Mar. 25, 2020)","title":"Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation Statement on Security Staff as Essential Operations","dateIssued":"2020-03-25","effective":"2020-03-21 (EO 2020-10 effective date)","end":"with EO 2020-10 and its successors (stay-at-home lifted May 29, 2020)","startDate":"2020-03-21","endDate":"2020-05-29","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["STAY","CLOSE","OTHER"],"addressees":["private detectives, private alarm contractors, private security contractors, fingerprint vendors, locksmiths, canine handlers, registered armed proprietary security forces and their PERC holders"],"clause":"Section 12h of the Governor\u0027s Executive Order 2020-10 issued on March 20, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency provides that \u0027security staff\u0027 is a critical trade and an essential business and operation that may continue in operation and is not subject to the stay-at-home directive. The Department deems private detectives, private detective PERCs, private alarm contractors, private alarm contractor PERCs, private security contractors, private security contractor PERCs, fingerprint vendors, canine handlers, locksmiths, locksmith PERCs, and security officers of a registered armed proprietary security force holding active licenses under the Private Detective, Private Alarm, Private Security, Fingerprint Vendor and Locksmith Act to be \u0027security staff\u0027 as referenced in Section 12h of the Executive Order and not subject to the stay-at-home directive.","enforcement":"EO 2020-10 (enforceable by State and local law enforcement under 20 ILCS 3305/7 and /19); licensure under 225 ILCS 447","functions":["SG security at closed venues (permitted to operate as essential; all other operations of these licensees subject to the order)","RC fingerprinting vendors (permitted)","PL placements limited to essential client sites"],"notes":"The regulator\u0027s own construction of the stay-at-home order\u0027s reach over its licensees; the designation is the premise of the conditions the order imposed, and the licensees\u0027 non-security work (investigations for closed businesses, alarm installation at closed premises) remained governed by the order.","sourceUrl":"https://idfpr.com/news/2020/2020%2003%2025%20Statement%20on%20Security%20Staff%20as%20Essential%20Operations.PDF","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20220302051153/https://idfpr.com/news/2020/2020%2003%2025%20Statement%20on%20Security%20Staff%20as%20Essential%20Operations.PDF","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":131825,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-056","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-056","citation":"IDFPR, Secretary Deborah Hagan, IDFPR Statement on Security Staff as Essential Operations (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-056)","stateName":"Illinois","related":[]}