{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-74e-2","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 74E-2","heading":"Policy and scope.","body":"(a)\tThe purpose of this Chapter is to ensure a minimum level of integrity, proficiency, and competence among company police agencies and company police officers. To achieve this purpose, the General Assembly finds that a Company Police Program needs to be established. As part of the Company Police Program, the Attorney General is given the authority to certify an agency as a company police agency and to commission an individual as a company police officer.\n(b)\tA hospital, a State institution, or a corporation engaged in providing on-site police security personnel services for persons or property may apply to the Attorney General to be certified as a company police agency. A company police agency may apply to the Attorney General to commission an individual designated by the agency to act as a company police officer for the agency. (1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 1043, s. 1; 2005-231, s. 2.)","path":["Chapter 74E. Company Police Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_74E/GS_74E-2.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:09:02Z","sha256":"9feffcdd84097b519da99e85f32cfbcdb30ba58fbbbd816f05908d2830a23da9","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-74e-1","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-74e-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}