§ 3.4.4 Private Security Guards, Off-Duty Officers, Tribal Officers, and Others
The Fourth Amendment does not apply to searches by private security guards. See also A.R.S. § 32-2634 (“A person employed as a security guard or armed security guard shall not possess the authority of a regularly commissioned police or peace officer. Any duties performed by a security guard or armed security guard shall be performed in the capacity of a private citizen.”). See also A.R.S. § 32-2601 (defining “security guard,” and noting it “does not include any regularly commissioned police or peace officer”); State v. Serna, 176 Ariz. 267, 270, 860 P.2d 1320 (App. 1993) (Div. 1) (discussing why security guards hired by school were essentially school...
