Discussion post

The “Scope of Legal Authority of Private Security Personnel” is a 1976 document written by the Private Security Advisory Council of the United States Department of Justice to identify for private security operatives the various sources of legal authority and the legal issues with which they will be confronted while performing their various duties protecting organizational assets. “The Law of Arrest, Search, and Seizure: Applications in the Private Sector” is sample text chapter published by Elsevier that presents a comprehensive discussion of legal requirements for private security arrests and searches.

After reviewing these documents any other independently researched source:

1. Explain why the U.S. Courts continue to make distinctions between public law enforcement powers and private sector enforcement issues.

2. Incorporate into your response why a practical knowledge of the law is important to the corporate security officer and the security director and what impact criminal and tort law has on a corporation.

Reference:

Scope of Legal Authority of Private Security Personnel. (1976, September 27). Retrieved January 30, 2020 from, https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/146908NCJRS.pdf

REMEMBER: Be sure to cite your sources from both the Learning Materials and outside research. Please post your initial Discussion response by Sunday. Respond to the posts of two or more of your fellow students in a cogent and respectfully manner.