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False arrest, unlawful arrest or wrongful arrest is a common law tort, where a plaintiff alleges they were held in custody without probable cause, or without an order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction. Although it is possible to sue law enforcement officials for false arrest, the usual defendants in such cases are private security firms.
A security guard (also known as a security inspector, security officer, factory guard, or protective agent) is a person employed by a government or private party to protect the employing party's assets (property, people, equipment, money, etc.) from a variety of hazards (such as crime, waste, damages, unsafe worker behavior, etc.) by enforcing preventative measures.
A private police force, or private police department, in the United States is a law enforcement agency that is: owned, operated, or otherwise controlled by a non-government entity such as a private corporation, or [1][2] a law enforcement agency whose primary function is to provide contract based security services to private entities in a ...
According to Section 40-18-110 of South Carolina state law, a licensed person who is hired to provide security on specific property is granted the authority and arrest power given to sheriff’s ...
So a security guard could conduct a citizen's arrest and wait for a law enforcement officer to take the suspect into custody if a suspect crossed that threshold.
A person commits refusing to aid a peace officer if, upon a reasonable command by a person reasonably known to be a peace officer, such person knowingly refuses or fails to aid such peace officer in: 1. Effectuating or securing an arrest; or. 2. Preventing the commission by another of any offense.
Stop and identify statutes. "Stop and identify" statutes are laws in several U.S. states that authorize police [1] to lawfully order people whom they reasonably suspect of committing a crime to state their name. If there is not reasonable suspicion that a person has committed a crime, is committing a crime, or is about to commit a crime, the ...
Shopkeeper's privilege is a law recognized in the United States under which a shopkeeper is allowed to detain a suspected shoplifter on store property for a reasonable period of time, so long as the shopkeeper has cause to believe that the person detained in fact committed, or attempted to commit, theft of store property. [1]