Legal constraints imposed on security force personnel

Conference · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5879524

Cadwell, J J

It is argued that the penalty for most mistakes made by security is the payment of money by the utility. The security personnel has only to act reasonably and not in a negligent manner. Preventing of sabotage is more important than obtaining a conviction, so it is better to search and not get a conviction than it is not to search. (DLC)

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 5879524
• Report Number(s): BNL-33355; CONF-830416-3; ON: DE83015850
• Resource Relation: Conference: American Nuclear Society workshop on power plant security, Savannah, GA, USA, 24 Apr 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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