Terms Used In Florida Statutes 354.02

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • person: includes individuals, children, firms, associations, joint adventures, partnerships, estates, trusts, business trusts, syndicates, fiduciaries, corporations, and all other groups or combinations. See Florida Statutes 1.01
Throughout every county in which the common carrier for which he or she is employed does business, operates, or owns property, a special officer may arrest a person who has violated any law on such carrier’s property, whether the arrest occurs on or off such carrier’s property, under the same conditions under which a deputy sheriff may by law make arrests, and may carry weapons for the reasonable purpose of his or her office.