Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Chapter 97 - PRIVATE DETECTIVES AND GUARDS
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 16-97-16 - Powers and duties of private detectives and guards; standards of conduct

Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 16-97-16

Current through August, 2024

(a) Arrest. In accordance with section 803-3, HRS, private detectives or guards shall have the authority to arrest, without a warrant, anyone in the act of committing a crime.

(b) Stop and frisk. A private detective or guard, for good cause, may stop and frisk any person found on the premises which are being guarded if based on the private detective or guard's observation of the person to be frisked, or other reliable information, the private detective or guard suspects that a crime has been or is about to be committed.

(c) Interrogation. No private detective or guard shall interrogate, question, or in any way abuse the civil rights of a person arrested, detained, or found on the premises which are being guarded. Any person properly arrested shall be immediately turned over to the appropriate governmental authorities.

(d) Use of force. A private detective or guard shall comply with the use of force provisions in chapter 703, HRS.

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