Private security

A new law (P.L. 110-356) prohibits a company that is owned, controlled, or operated by anyone convicted of a felony from providing contract security guard services for federal government buildings.

A security guard company that reported an incident based on information from a private citizen is not liable for the arrest of innocent parties. In the case, police arrested three people after a mall patron reported a crime to a security officer, who, in turn, notified police.