Private Security Liability

What type of authority to arrest do peace officers have that security officers do not?

• Citizen's arrest

• Shopkeeper privilege

• Statutory authority

• Cardiac arrest

This civil offense is the unlawful restraint or control by one person of the physical liberty of another

Name one crime that a security officer can be charged with if they unlawfully arrest someone

Which of these is NOT one of the reasons a security officer can detain in accordance with "shopkeeper privilege"?

• To recover the property that is the subject of unlawful taking, criminal mischief, or theft

• To cause an arrest to be made by a peace officer

• To obtain a warrant of arrest

• To detain trespassers

When a security officer places someone in handcuffs, it automatically implies they are under arrest

• TRUE

• FALSE

If a security officer at Walmart handcuff's a subject, who is responsible for the subject's safety?

• The subject

• The store manager

• The security officer

• The police officer

Security officers have the same authority as police officers.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What type of special immunity from civil liability do security officers have?

• Sovereign immunity

• Qualified immunity

• Absolute immunity

• No special immunity

An examination of a person’s body, property, or other area that the person would reasonably be expected to consider as private, conducted by a law enforcement officer for the purpose of finding evidence of a crime

• Search

• Seizure

• Detainment

• Arrest

Which of these situations are not a valid reason for a security officer to search someone?

• There is consent by the person being searched​

• There is implied consent as a condition of employment

• It is incidental to valid conditions (e.g. no entry without search)​

• Search incident to arrest