Terms Used In Michigan Laws 338.1054

  • Department: means the department of licensing and regulatory affairs, except that in reference to the regulation of private security police and private college security forces, department means the department of state police. See Michigan Laws 338.1052
  • Private security guard: means an individual or an employee of an employer who offers, for hire, to provide protection of property on the premises of another, and includes an employee of a private college security force. See Michigan Laws 338.1052
  • Private security police: means that part of a business organization or educational institution primarily responsible for the protection of property on the premises of the business organization, but does not include a private college security force. See Michigan Laws 338.1052
  • Security alarm system: means a detection device or an assembly of equipment and devices that is arranged to signal the presence of a hazard that requires urgent attention and is remotely monitored by a central monitoring system. See Michigan Laws 338.1052
  The department may issue separate licenses to security alarm system contractors, private college security forces, private security police, and private security guard agencies. This section does not prevent a private detective or private investigator licensed under the professional investigator licensure act, 1965 PA 285, MCL 338.821 to 338.851, from performing the services of a private security guard or private security police except that a private security guard or private security police may not perform the services of a private detective or private investigator without obtaining a private detective or private investigator license.