Michigan Compiled Laws Act 330 Of 1968 Private Security Business And Security Alarm Act (338.1051 - 338.1092)

AN ACT to license and regulate private security guards, private security police, private security guard agencies, private college security forces, and security alarm systems servicing, installing, operating, and monitoring; to provide penalties for violations; to protect the general public against unauthorized, unlicensed and unethical operations by individuals engaged in private security activity or security alarm systems sales, installations, service, maintenance, and operations; to establish minimum qualifications for individuals as well as private agencies engaged in the security business and security alarm systems and operations; to impose certain fees; to create certain funds; and to prescribe certain powers and duties of certain private colleges and certain state departments, agencies, and officers.

History: 1968, Act 330, Imd. Eff. July 12, 1968 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 190, Imd. Eff. Aug. 5, 1975 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 411, Eff. Mar. 28, 2001 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 473, Eff. Oct. 1, 2002 ;-- Am. 2010, Act 68, Imd. Eff. May 13, 2010

Section 338.1051 Short Title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “private security business and security alarm act”. History: 1968, Act 330, Imd. Eff....
Section 338.1052 Definitions; Persons Not Subject To Act.
(1) As used in this act: (a) "Commission" means the commission on law enforcement standards created under section 3 of the commission on law...
Section 338.1053 License Required; Permission For Device Delivering Recorded Message To Public Service, Utility, Or Police Agency Required; Violation; Penalty.
(1) Unless licensed under this act, a sole proprietorship, firm, company, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation shall not engage in the business of...
Section 338.1054 Issuance Of Separate Licenses For Different Security Services; Private Detective Or Investigator Services.
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 338.1055 License; Issuance; Term; Local License Not Required.
The department, upon proper application and upon being satisfied that the applicant is qualified, shall issue the applicant a license to conduct business as...
Section 338.1056 License; Qualifications; Compliance; "Armed Forces" Defined.
(1) The department shall issue a license to conduct business as a security alarm system contractor or a private security guard, private security police,...
Section 338.1056a License To Operate Private College Security Force; Issuance To Private College Or University.
The department may issue a license to operate a private college security force to a private college or university, but shall not issue that...
Section 338.1057 License; Application; References; Investigation; Approval; Nonrenewable Temporary License; Fees; Section Inapplicable To Private College Security Force.
(1) The department shall prepare a uniform application for the particular license and shall require the person filing the application to obtain reference statements...
Section 338.1058 Application; Signature And Verification; Contents; Photographs; Section Inapplicable To Private College Security Force.
(1) Each applicant shall sign and verify the application. Each application shall contain at least all of the following: (a) The name and principal...
Section 338.1059 License; Issuance; Term; Revocation; Form; Fees; Bond; Additional License For Branch Office; Refunds; Receipt Of Completed Application; Issuance Of License Within Certain Time Period; Report; Security Business Fund; Service In Armed Forces; Waiver Of Fee; “completed Application” Defined.
(1) The department shall issue a license to an applicant when the requirements of this act are met and the department is satisfied of...
Section 338.1060 License; Revocation; Grounds; Failure To Pay Fines Or Fees; Surrender Of License; Misdemeanor.
(1) The department may revoke any license issued under this act if it determines, upon good cause shown, that the licensee or his or...
Section 338.1061 Refund Of Application Or License Fee.
The department shall not refund a license or application fee unless a showing is made of mistake, inadvertence, error in the collection of the...
Section 338.1062 Posting Certificate Of License.
Upon receipt of a certificate of license from the department the licensee shall post it in a conspicuous place in his office. History: 1968,...
Section 338.1063 Change In Name Or Location; Report; Failure To Notify Department.
(1) Any change in the name or location of the agency or of a branch office or subagency shall be reported by the licensee...
Section 338.1064 Identification Card; Issuance; Form; Contents; Recall; Custody; Unauthorized Use; Suspension And Reinstatement; Duplicates.
(1) Upon issuing a license, the department shall issue an identification card to the principal license holder, and if the licensee is a partner...
Section 338.1065 Nonassignability Of License.
A license issued under the provisions of this act is not assignable, and is personal to such licensee. History: 1968, Act 330, Imd. Eff....
Section 338.1066 Unlawful Manufacture Of Badge Or Shield; Unlawful Display Of Badge, Shield, Card, Or License; Distribution Of Card Or License; Buying Or Receiving Spurious Identification; Violation; Penalty; Confiscation Of Card Or License; Separate Offenses.
A person shall not manufacture a badge or shield which purports to indicate that the holder is a licensed alarm system contractor, alarm system...
Section 338.1067 Employees Of Licensee; Conduct And Qualifications; Personnel Information; Employee Roster To Be Filed With Department; False Statements Or Representations; Revocation Of License; Misdemeanor.
(1) A licensee may employ as many persons as he or she considers necessary to assist him or her in his or her work...
Section 338.1067a Notifying Law Enforcement Agency Of Suspected Crime.
If a private security guard, private security police officer, or private college security force officer acting in the course of his or her employment...
Section 338.1068 Employment Of Unqualified Employees; Fingerprints; Fee; Background Check Of Prospective Employee; Employment Application; Refusal To Surrender Identification.
(1) A licensee shall not knowingly employ any person who fails to meet the requirements of section 17. (2) The licensee shall cause fingerprints...
Section 338.1069 Uniform And Insignia; Shoulder Identification Patches Or Emblems; Badge Or Shield; Deadly Weapons; Tactical Baton.
(1) The particular type of uniform and insignia worn by a licensee or his or her employees must be approved by the department and...
Section 338.1070 Confidentiality Of Information; False Reports, Penalty.
(1) Any person who is or has been an employee of a licensee shall not divulge to anyone other than his employer or former...
Section 338.1071 Violations Of Act; Report Of Convictions.
The prosecuting attorney of the county in which any conviction for a violation of any provision of this act shall, within 10 days thereafter,...
Section 338.1072 Advertising.
(1) Every advertisement by a licensee soliciting or advertising for business shall contain his or her business name and address as they appear in...
Section 338.1073 Trade Names; Approval.
No licensee shall use any designation or trade name which has not been first approved by the department, nor shall any licensee use any...
Section 338.1074 Compliance With Labor Laws.
Each sole proprietorship, partnership, firm, limited liability company, or corporation licensed and operating under the provisions of this act where there is an employer-employee...
Section 338.1075 Renewal License; Application; Bond; Fee; Date; Form; Approval; Effect Of Failure To Renew; Deposit Of Fees Into Security Business Fund.
(1) Subject to section 9(5), a license granted under this act may be renewed by the department upon application by the licensee, filing a...
Section 338.1076 Continuation Of Business Upon Death Of Licensee; Notice; Sale Of Business.
Upon the death of an individual licensed under this act, the business with which the decedent was connected may be carried on for a...
Section 338.1077 Departmental Agents; Employment, Powers, Rules And Regulations.
The department may employ such agents as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act and to enforce compliance therewith. The department...
Section 338.1078 Repealed. 2000, Act 411, Eff. Mar. 28, 2001.
Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to licensing of existing businesses.
Section 338.1079 Licensure Of Private Security Police; Rules; Applicability Of Act To Private Security Guards And Police; Use Of Pistols.
(1) The licensure of private security police and private college security forces shall be administered by the department of state police. The application, qualification,...
Section 338.1080 Private Security Police Officers; Arrest Powers; Limitations.
A private security police officer, as described in section 29, who is properly licensed under this act has the authority to arrest a person...
Section 338.1081 Training Requirements.
An applicant for licensure as private security police under this act under section 29, or the employee of the applicant, shall comply with training...
Section 338.1082 Violation Of Act; Penalty.
Except as otherwise provided in this act, a licensee, manager, or employee of a licensee who violates this act is guilty of a misdemeanor,...
Section 338.1083 Installation Or Operation Of Security Alarm Systems; Requirements.
A security alarm system may not be installed or operated in this state unless the security alarm system is either installed by a security...
Section 338.1085 Repealed. 2000, Act 411, Eff. Mar. 28, 2001.
Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to false alarms.
Section 338.1087 Applicability Of Section To Private College Security Forces; Authorization; Action By Governing Board; Designation Of Private College Security Officer; Qualifications; Rules; Fee.
(1) This section and sections 38 to 42 apply only to private college security forces. (2) Consistent with this act, a private college or...
Section 338.1088 Creation Of Private College Security Force; Approval Of County Prosecuting Attorney, Sheriff, And City Police Chief.
The governing board of a private college or university shall not create a private college security force under section 37 unless, before that security...
Section 338.1089 Power To Make Arrests; Limitation.
Upon being appointed under section 37 by a private college or university licensed under this act, private college security officers have the power to...
Section 338.1090 Private College Security Force Oversight Committee.
The governing board of a private college or university shall not grant powers and authority to the private college security officers of the private...
Section 338.1091 Participation In State, County, Or Municipal Retirement System Prohibited; Uniforms, Vehicles, And Badges Distinct From Local Law Enforcement Agency.
Members of the private college security force at a private college or university are not eligible to participate in any state, county, or municipal...
Section 338.1092 Liability Insurance.
The governing board of a private college or university that creates a private college security force shall provide liability insurance coverage for each member...

Last modified: October 10, 2016