By law we can not protect property

[gfd_703]

Under what law are banks and other places allowed to have armed security personnel and why can they use deadly force to protect their property and we as citizens can not?

[Fallguy]

Under what law are banks and other places allowed to have armed security personnel and why can they use deadly force to protect their property and we as citizens can not?

IANAL, but IMO

62-35-125 allows security guards that have met certain requirements to be armed.

However they can not use deadly force to protect property any more than anyone else can. They can only used it in the same self-defense situations as us.

Now if an armed robber comes into a bank, the robber is causing a imminent threat of death or serious bodily harm to all in the bank. 39-11-612 allows for the same rules in defense of a third person as it does for self-defense in 39-11-611

Also the guard has the same citizen arrest powers we all do (40-7-109). Now he can not use deadly force just to effect the arrest but, 39-11-621 still says he can use it as long as it falls under 39-11-611 or 39-11-612.

This is one of the circumstance that you are protecting life and property at the same time. It is the main reason for HB0070 that allows for the use of deadly force while protecting property if you are also allowed to use deadly force as otherwise allowed by law (39-11-611 & 39-11-612)