{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-12-3-316","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 12-3-316","heading":"Security force.","body":"The authority shall have the power to contract for or to provide for and maintain a security force with respect to the facilities and property owned, leased, operated, or under the control of the authority, and within the territory thereof. The security force shall have the duty to protect persons and property, dispense unlawful or dangerous assemblages, control pedestrian and vehicular traffic, and otherwise preserve and protect the public peace, health, and safety. For these purposes, a member of such force shall be a peace officer and, as such, shall have authority equivalent to the authority of a policeman or law enforcement officer of the county in which he is discharging his duties.","path":["TITLE 12 Conservation And Natural Resources","CHAPTER 3 Parks, Historic Areas, Memorials, and Recreation","Article 7 Public Authorities","PART 3 Lake Lanier Islands Development Authority"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.12.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"fd210d33e63063530bc66ba3cdc3f4e23fe3eb3f55a4f65a035973359ca686c9","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-12-3-315","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-12-3-317"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}