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US Security Guard License Exams (Florida Class D, New York, California, Texas)

Detention and arrest (FL): practice questions

Our US Security Guard bank has 5 questions on this topic. Here are 3 of them with answers; the full mock exam draws from every topic, like the real one.

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Question 1 · Florida

Florida's trespass law for property other than a building allows notice against entering to be given by:

  1. Only a written letter sent by the owner's lawyer
  2. Direct communication, posting, fencing or cultivation
  3. Only a court order served on the person
  4. Only a warning given by a police officer
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B. Direct communication, posting, fencing or cultivation — Section 810.09, F.S., refers to notice by actual communication or by posting, fencing or cultivation as described in s. 810.011.

Question 2 · Florida

Under section 812.015, F.S., a merchant's security officer with probable cause to believe a retail theft occurred may:

  1. Hold the suspect for as long as it takes to get a signed confession
  2. Search the suspect's clothing for the goods
  3. Detain them reasonably and call police at once
  4. Release the suspect after taking their photo for the store's ban list
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C. Detain them reasonably and call police at once — Florida's merchant detention law allows a reasonable detention to recover goods or for prosecution, and law enforcement must be called to the scene immediately.

Question 3 · Florida

The Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures mainly limits:

  1. Private security officers in every situation
  2. Only federal courts
  3. Government agents, such as police
  4. Only property owners
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C. Government agents, such as police — The Fourth Amendment restricts government action. Private guards are not bound in the same way, but can still face civil and criminal liability for unlawful searches.

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