by Racool studio – freepik.com Security guards are employed to protect people and assets. Their authority seems to lay between the police and the general public. Therefore, it is reasonable to ask… are security guards allowed to detain you? In the UK, security guards can detain you. Although, security guards do not have any more legal powers than the next person. That security guard filled area of jurisdiction between the police and the public is imaginary. Law-Abiding