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G ENERAL W ELFARE §14-11 Section 14-11. Investigation of agency; issuance of permit. (a) The chief of police, upon application by an agency, shall determine that the possession, discharge, use, and transportation of a device is necessary due to the nature of the service or services performed by the agency. The chief of police shall have the sole authority to determine the specific service or services for which there is a necessity for the use of a device. The device shall be used only in connection with the performance of the authorized service or services. (b) The chief of police shall issue a permit to the individual employee only upon finding that the employee: (1) Is of good moral character; (2) Is at least eighteen years of age; (3) Has not been convicted in this State or elsewhere of a crime of violence or of the illegal use, possession or sale of narcotics; and (4) Has not been adjudged insane. The agency shall cooperate in providing all such evidence as to fitness of the employee as may be required by the chief of police in making the foregoing findings. The permit furnished by the chief of police shall be carried on the employee’s person whenever the employee is in possession of a device. (c) Upon making a determination under subsections (a) and (b) favorable to the requesting agency, the chief of police shall issue to the agency a permit authorizing it to purchase, own, and control the device or devices listed. A copy of the permit shall be retained on file at the police department. (1983 CC, c 14, art 2, sec 14-11.)14-11 Section 14-12. Conditions; storage and transportation. (a) Agencies described in subsections 14-9(b) and (c) shall be subject to the following conditions of purchase, use, storage, possession, transportation, and other requirements in connection with an obnoxious substance. (b) All devices emitting obnoxious substances owned by an agency except those enumerated in subsection 14-9(c), which may be secured in a locked compartment in the agency vehicle, shall be stored at a single location which is under the exclusive control of the agency and approved by the chief of police. The issuance and reissuance of the devices shall only be to employees authorized under subsection 14-11(b) according to controls approved by the chief of police. In addition, an accurate record of the issuance and return of all devices as well as the number of devices in the possession of each employee and the number in possession of the agency shall be kept by the agency. (c) The possession and transportation of a device by an employee shall be, unless otherwise provided, restricted to: (1) Transportation between the place of storage and the place of performance of the approved service; (2) The location where the services for which the use of the device was approved are being performed; and 14-9