RT Article
T1 Public Regulation of Private Security: A Statutory Analysis of State Regulation of Security Guards
JF Criminal justice policy review
VO 29
IS 9
SP 891
OP 908
A1 Klein, Michael Stephan 1976-
A2 Hemmens, Craig 1960-
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1726242021
AB Security guards outnumber police by almost 3 to 1, and this discrepancy has been growing steadily since the latter part of the 20th century. Security guards perform many of the same functions as police officers and may even carry weapons, but to what extent do states regulate the private security industry? This article compares the change in state regulation of private security, in particular the requirements for hiring security guards. The provisions of the states as of 1982, 1998, and 2015 are compared and evaluated. We are interested in determining what threshold requirements the states have seen fit to establish for employment in the security industry, and whether these threshold requirements provide adequate protection for the public.
K1 Security guard
K1 Security officer
K1 Private security
K1 Statute
K1 Hiring
DO 10.1177/0887403416649999