Connecticut Security Officer License Practice Exam

In Ontario, a security guard has certain arrest powers but these are confined to their specific workplace or duty site. Security guards are granted authority under the Criminal Code of Canada Section 494, which allows any person, not just police, to arrest someone they find committing a criminal offence on or in relation to property. This is an arrest power specific to private persons, and it's why security guards cannot initiate arrests off duty, arrest someone for which there is a warrant, or arrest a person on the suspicion they have illegal drugs-- unless they find them actively committing a related criminal offence on or in relation to the site they're guarding. As such, the statement "You can arrest a person you find committing a criminal offence on/in relation to the site" is correct. It's important for security guards to know their arrest powers to ensure they're acting within their legal rights and not infringing on anyone else's.