Greenwood changes requirements for secondhand dealers

<p>The Greenwood city council recently approved changes to requirements for secondhand dealers, including gun and pawn shop owners and managers.</p><p>Council members voted unanimously to change the already drafted ordinance to require the owners of pawn shops and secondhand dealerships to submit fingerprints and criminal history checks every year.</p><p>Before the change, owners of pawn shops and secondhand dealerships had to renew their license annually and pay a $25 fee to the city to process it. But they did not have to provide a fingerprint criminal history.</p><p>This change helps make sure that all secondhand dealers, including chain stores such as Half-Price Books and Game Stop, go through the same process, and would reduce the time and expense it takes Greenwood police to process applications.</p><p>The cost of a fingerprint criminal history is about $40, according to the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency.</p><p>Greenwood police proposed this change to the original city rule, which took effect in 2014, to help them keep track of any criminal activity involving pawn shops and secondhand dealers.</p>