Kan. Admin. Regs. § 112-105-1 - Security department

(a) Each facility manager shall have a security department that is responsible for the security of the gaming facility. The facility manager, through its security department, shall do the following:

(1) Protect the people in the gaming facility;

(2) safeguard the assets within the gaming facility;

(3) protect the patrons, employees, and property from illegal activity;

(4) assist with the enforcement of all applicable laws and regulations;

(5) prevent persons who are under 21 years old from gambling or entering gaming areas;

(6) detain any individual if a commission enforcement agent so requests or if there is reason to believe that the individual is in violation of the law or gaming regulations;

(7) record any unusual occurrences, including suspected illegal activity;

(8) identify and remove any person who is required to be excluded pursuant to article 111 or 112 of the commission's regulations;

(9) report security violations or suspected illegal activity to the commission security staff within 24 hours;

(10) report to the commission's security staff, within 24 hours, any facts that the facility manager has reasonable grounds to believe indicate a violation of law, violation of the facility manager's minimum internal control standards, or violation of regulations committed by any facility manger, including the performance of activities different from those permitted under that person's license or certificate;

(11) notify commission security staff, within 24 hours, of all inquiries made by law enforcement officials and any inquiries made concerning the conduct of a person with a license or certificate; and

(12) establish and maintain procedures for handling the following:

(A) Identification badges;

(B) incident reports;

(C) asset protection and movement on the property;

(D) power or camera failure;

(E) enforcement of the minimum gambling age;

(F) firearms prohibition;

(G) alcoholic beverage control;

(H) disorderly or disruptive patrons;

(I) trespassing;

(J) eviction;

(K) detention; and

(L) lost or found property.

(b) No open carrying of firearms shall be permitted within a gaming facility except for the following:

(1) Kansas racing and gaming commission enforcement agents;

(2)on-duty law enforcement officers; and

(3) trained and certified guards employed by an armored car service while on duty and working for a licensed non-gaming supplier company.

(c) No concealed carrying of firearms shall be permitted within a gaming facility except for the following:

(1) Kansas racing and gaming commission enforcement agents;

(2) on-duty law enforcement officers in plain clothes engaged in the performance of their official duties; and

(3) any off-duty or retired law enforcement officer who meets the following conditions:

(A) Is in compliance with the firearms policies of the officer's law enforcement agency;

(B) is carrying a photographic identification card that identifies the individual as a current or retired law enforcement officer and has been issued by the officer's current agency or the agency from which the individual separated from service as a law enforcement officer;

(C) presents the photographic identification card specified in paragraph (c)(3)(B) when requested by a commission agent or gaming facility security personnel; and

(D) has not been denied a license to carry a concealed handgun and does not have a license to carry a concealed handgun that has been suspended or revoked pursuant to the personal and family protedion ad, K.S.A. 75-7c01 et seq. and amendments thereto.

(d) As used in this regulation, "law enforcement officer " shall mean any of the following:

(1) Any person employed by a law enforcement agency who is in good standing and is certified under the Kansas law enforcement training act;

(2) a law enforcement officer who has obtained a similar designation in a jurisdiction outside the state of Kansas but within the United States; or

(3) a federal law enforcement officer who, as part of the officer's duties, is permitted to make arrests and to be armed.

(e) Each facility manager shall meet its obligations in subsections (b) and (c) in accordance with the personal and family protection act, K.S.A. 75-7c01 et seq. and amendments thereto. (Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 74-8772; effective Sept. 26, 2008; amended April 1, 2011; amended March 20, 2020.)

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Kan. Admin. Regs. § 112-105-1

Authorized by K.S.A. 74-8772f; amended by Kansas Register Volume 39, No. 10; effective 3/20/2020.