City of Nevada Announces Opening for Director of Public Safety
The City of Nevada is seeking a dynamic, visionary leader to be our next Director of Public Safety. Under administrative direction
All peddlers must operate in accordance with all provisions and restrictions as defined in City Ordinance chapter 122. Please be sure to review the full ordinance requirements.
Citizens should call the Nevada Police Department at 515-382-4305 (non emergency) to report questionable peddler activity, or if a peddler will not show you his/her permit.
Peddler means any person carrying goods or merchandise who sells or offers for sale for immediate delivery such goods or merchandise from house to house or upon the public street. This is also one who solicits any contribution or donation or any order for goods, services, subscriptions or merchandise to be delivered at a future date.
No person shall engage in peddling, soliciting, or in the business of a transient merchant without first registering with the City of Nevada Police Department. Any person registering as a transient merchant shall provide the City Clerk evidence that such person has filed a bond with the Secretary of State.
All peddlers and solicitors who go door-to-door within the City of Nevada, must first obtain a “Peddler’s Permit”, per Nevada Code of Ordinance 122.03, from the Nevada Police Department.
A valid permit allows an individual to go door-to-door between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. All peddlers must display the permit to any prospective customer who request to view said permit.
The following are excluded from needing a peddlers permit.
Fill out the online application and with current identification and company information. After we receive your application, you will then receive a permit to go door-to-door. Every individual representing the company and who will be doing peddler activity within the City of Nevada needs to fill out an application and show valid identification when registering for a permit.
For all other inquiries about peddler permits, please direct your questions to the Nevada Police Department at 515-382-4305, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Ricardo Martinez II became a Police Officer in February 1985 with the Clinton Police Department serving in a variety of assignments until leaving in August 2004. He then started with the Nevada Police Department as Police Sergeant and was appointed Chief of Police in October 2011. In October 2013, he was appointed the Public Safety Director and retained the Chief of Police duties.
As a believer in community-oriented policing, Martinez has been involved with issues dealing with domestic violence, sexual assault, child welfare. This includes duties as a School Resource Officer, Domestic Assault Response Team, Sexual Assault Response Team, and a former foster parent.
Martinez joined the Marine Corps after graduating high school. He later graduated from Mt. St. Clare College with a degree in General Social Science.
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City of Nevada Announces Opening for Director of Public Safety
The City of Nevada is seeking a dynamic, visionary leader to be our next Director of Public Safety. Under administrative direction
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