A person employed as a security guard or armed security guard shall not possess the authority of a regularly commissioned police or peace officer. Any duties performed by a security guard or armed security guard shall be performed in the capacity of a private citizen.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-2634

  • Armed security guard: means a registered security guard who wears, carries, possesses or has access to a firearm at any time during the course of employment. See Arizona Laws 32-2601
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Security guard: means any person employed by a private security guard service or proprietary company as a watchman, patrolman, bodyguard, personal protection guard or private security guard or any other person who performs security guard services, but does not include any regularly commissioned police or peace officer or railroad police appointed pursuant to section 40-856. See Arizona Laws 32-2601
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