Chapter 36: Legal Aspects of Security

A protection officer may force a search of an

employee where there is a company policy.

• True

• False

A store can be liable for the actions of its

protection officer if it can be proven that the

officer was:

• Their contractor

• Their agent

• Licensed

• Acting in the best interests of the store

• Did not use excessive force

A person can be convicted on circumstantial

evidence alone.

• True

• False

If a law is not written down and passed by

government it is not law.

• True

• False

The purpose of our legal system is to:

• Set down our obligations to each other

• Set penalties for breaching those obligations

• Establish procedures to enforce those

  obligations

• All of the above

The common law is not used in North

America today.

• True

• False

You cannot sue someone and press criminal

charges. It is double jeopardy.

• True

• False

At criminal trials, the prosecutor must prove

the accused guilty:

• On a balance of probabilities

• Beyond a reasonable doubt

• By a preponderance of evidence

• Without a shadow of doubt

The police will investigate:

• Civil matters

• Criminal matters

• Whatever the prosecutor asks them to

  investigate

• All of the above

A confession may not be admissible in court

unless it can be shown that (check all that apply)

• There was no threats

• It was made to the police

• There was no promises

• There was a witness present

• A signed statement was provided