Kansas Statutes 66-2305. Nuclear security guard; detaining suspect; defense
(a) An armed nuclear security guard, with reasonable belief, may detain in or on a nuclear generating facility or a structure or fenced yard of a nuclear generating facility in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable time any person who is suspected of or attempting to commit any of the crimes specified under subsection (a) or (b) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 66-2304, and amendments thereto, for the purpose of summoning a law enforcement officer.
(b) Reasonable belief of an armed nuclear security guard is a defense to a civil or criminal action against an armed nuclear security guard, such guard’s employer or any owner of the nuclear generating facility where such guard is employed for false arrest, false or unlawful imprisonment or wrongful detention.
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 66-2305
- Armed nuclear security guard: means a security guard who works at a nuclear generating facility, who is employed as part of the security plan approved by the nuclear regulatory commission and who meets the requirements mandated by the nuclear regulatory commission for carrying a firearm;
(b) "nuclear generating facility" means an electric power generating facility that is owned by an electric utility or a consortium of electric utilities and that produces electricity by means of a nuclear reactor and includes the property on which the facility is located;
(c) "electric utility" means every public utility as defined by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 66-2302
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.