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Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1080 (2026)

Private security police officers; arrest powers; limitations.

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PRIVATE SECURITY BUSINESS AND SECURITY ALARM ACT


Act 330 of 1968


338.1080 Private security police officers; arrest powers; limitations.

Sec. 30.

    A private security police officer, as described in section 29, who is properly licensed under this act has the authority to arrest a person without a warrant as set forth for public peace officers in section 15 of chapter IV of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 764.15, when that private security police officer is on the employer's premises. Such authority is limited to his or her hours of employment as a private security police officer and does not extend beyond the boundaries of the property of the employer and while the private security police officer is in the full uniform of the employer.

History: Add. 1969, Act 168, Imd. Eff. Aug. 5, 1969 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 411, Eff. Mar. 28, 2001

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1976–2025 · leading case: Moore v. Detroit Ent., LLC, 755 N.W.2d 686 (Mich. Ct. App. 2008).
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Moore v. Detroit Ent., LLC, 755 N.W.2d 686 (Mich. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 57× “" Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1080 . This authority is further limited to the security guard's "hours of employment as a private security police officer and does not extend beyond the boundaries of the property of the employer.”
Smith v. Detroit Ent. L.L.C., 338 F. Supp. 2d 775 (E.D. Mich. 2004). · cites it 4× “” Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1080 . This authority is further limited to the security guard’s “hours of employment as a private security police officer and does not extend beyond the boundaries of the property of the employer.”
People v. Holloway, 267 N.W.2d 454 (Mich. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 6× “MCLA 338.1080; MSA 18.185(30) states: "Sec.”
United States v. Day, 591 F.3d 679 (4th Cir. 2010). · cites it 2× “(citing Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1080 ). Thus, the Romanski standard looks to whether a private security guard is licensed by the state and has "plenary police powers.”
Romanski v. Detroit Ent., L.L.C., 265 F. Supp. 2d 835 (E.D. Mich. 2003). · cites it 2× “Laws § 338.1080. This authority to make warrantless arrests is the'same authority that is granted to a peace officer.”
Lindsey v. Detroit Ent., LLC, 484 F.3d 824 (6th Cir. 2007). · cites it 3× “(quoting Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1080 ). True, this authority was limited: The casino’s security personnel’s plenary powers of arrest extended only to the employee’s hours of employment, it did not extend beyond the boundaries of the employer’s property, and it was limited to…”
People v. Eastway, 241 N.W.2d 249 (Mich. Ct. App. 1976). “MCLA 338.1080; MSA 18.185(30). We are inclined to agree with defendant that his constitutional rights of due process and freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures should be no less when arrested or searched by a private security guard with police powers than when he is…”
Barnes v. G4S Secure Solutions (USA) INC. (E.D. Mich. 2025). · cites it 8× “The Michigan statute Plaintiffs rely on here, Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1080 , provides that: a private security police officer, as described in section 29, who is properly licensed under this act has the authority to arrest a person without a warrant as set forth for public peace…”
State of Tennessee v. Tommy C. Simpson, Jr. (2020). “3d at 637 (quoting Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.1080 ). Here, Mr. Gojkovic was not “endowed by law with plenary police powers such that [he was] a de facto police officer[.”
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