Overview

Emond Montgomery is pleased to announce the release of Canada Law Book’s A Security Professsional’s Guide to the Law, by David L. Ray. Mr. Ray is a senior practice leader with more than 40 years’ experience, combining the practices of policing, law, and corporate security. This is your foremost introduction and guide to the Canadian legal system as it relates to the private security profession.

Canada’s aging property-holding population has become ever more security conscious. Businesses are becoming more concerned about the need to screen and monitor the activities of employees and to protect physical and intellectual property. Falling tax bases have pushed services that were once provided by public law enforcement agencies into the hands of private security organizations — organizations that are responsible and held accountable for understanding the Canadian legal system.

This useful and accessible resource outlines the basic structure of our Canadian legal system and offers a clear and immediate understanding of:

• Civil law — discussing the five causes of actions that may arise as a result of the provision of security services, and the countermeasures that can be applied to avoid being sued;
• Human rights and how the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms affects
  the industry;
• Privacy and the effect of legislation on security programs and investigations;
• Criminal law and the elements of an offence, your power to arrest, as well as search and seizure and the issues of using force;
• Computer crimes and issues of entrapment and dealing with young offenders;
• Intellectual property and the protection of proprietary information;
• Employment law — both common law and unionized;
• Undercover operations; and
• Evidence — dealing with the different types, requirements for admissibility, and video surveillance

TopContent Summary

• Private Security Practice and the Canadian Legal System
• Human Rights
• The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• Privacy Legislation and the Duties of Security to Protect Privacy
• Criminal Law
• Civil Law — Effect on the Security Industry
• Security and Human Resource Law
• Evidence