Current through September 9, 2024
(a)
Director of security. Every
association shall employ a full time director of security who shall be licensed
and who shall pay the fee, if any, required by the act. The duties of the
director of securities are as follows:
(1)
Supervise the entrance to and exit from every gate within the grounds of the
association at all times during the scheduled meet of said
association.
(2) Supervise all
security personnel in the constant search for undesirables and expulsion of
same from the grounds during a meet.
(3) Investigate and report to both the
commission and the association any action on the part of any party or parties
which is, in his opinion, endangering the honest operation of any phase of the
meet.
(4) Enforce all commission
and association rules whether violator is patron or employee and assist in the
apprehension of guilty party or parties and expulsion of same if requested by
either the association or the commission or its duly appointed
representatives.
(b)
Daily police report. The track security police and any other law
enforcement agency acting in, or on or about the licensed premises of any
racetrack, shall furnish two copies of their daily police report, together with
any additional pertinent information available to the said police agency,
obtained either orally or in writing. The two copies shall be mailed to the
commission at the close of each racing day.
(c)
Responsibility of
association.
(1) Each racing
association shall police its grounds at all times in such a manner as to
preclude the admission of any person in and around the stables and paddock,
excepting those being duly licensed by the commission, or authorized by the
association. If the commission finds that the stables of an association are not
being properly policed and unauthorized persons are found in and around the
stables, the association may be fined an amount not exceeding $200.00 in the
discretion of the commission for each day in which the infraction was found to
occur.
(2) Each association shall
furnish complete police and watchmen service night and day in and about all
stable enclosures and furnish to the commission upon request a complete list
showing name, duty, place stationed and portions of enclosures supervised by
such policemen and watchmen.
(d)
Written report of arrests and
misdemeanors. It shall be the duty of each association, through its
director of security, to notify the commission of all ejections, disorderly
conduct, and arrests, giving names, addresses and offenses.
(e)
Nightly log, recording
disturbances. A nightly log shall be maintained by the officer in charge
of the night force stating in detail any disturbances, drunkenness, or
disorderly conduct in and about the backstretch and stable area, giving in
detail the names, badge numbers, and license numbers of any persons committing
any offenses whatsoever.
(f)
Stable security.
(1) All
incidents relating to improper activities or suspicious occurrences in stables
must be immediately reported by owners, trainers, or other stable employees to
the director of security as well as to a duly authorized representative of the
commission.
(2) A copy of the full
security rule, as outlined herein, must be posted inside every stable and
furnished to every owner or trainer.
(3) No one shall be permitted to enter in or
about the stables or stable enclosures who does not have in his possession a
license issued by the commission as owner, trainer, stable employee, farrier or
veterinarian, or proper credentials issued by the association or commission. A
full record of these credentials shall be compiled and open to inspection at
all times.
(4) Feed deliveries will
be made directly to stable personnel and will be properly secured upon
delivery. Feed purveyor personnel must secure a signed delivery receipt from a
licensed stable employee at the time of each delivery.
(5) All stable areas shall be
fenced.
(g)
Minors
prohibited from wagering. No person under the age of eighteen (18) shall
be permitted to wager or in any manner participate in any pari-mutuel pool or
system.
(h)
Trespassers to be
ejected. Any person going upon the racing strip or any part thereof or
into the winner's enclosure without the permission of the judges, shall be
ejected promptly from the premises of the association.
