H 2753 General Bill, By M.R. Daniel, P.T. Bradley, D.O. Hawkins, C.E. Hodges and 
Phillips
 A Bill to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section
 16-13-131 so as to authorize under certain conditions the detention of a
 suspected shoplifter by a merchant or his agents or employees pending further
 investigation of the crime and the arrival of the arresting officer and to
 provide that statements made by the suspect during such detention shall
 constitute admissible evidence; by adding Section 17-13-31 so as to allow
 municipal police officers and county sheriffs and deputy sheriffs to arrest
 without a warrant those persons detained under Section 16-13-131 and those
 other persons the officer has probable cause to believe have committed the
 crime of shoplifting; and to amend Section 40-17-130, relating to the
 authority of private detective and security guards to make arrests on the
 property they are guarding or protecting, so as to grant such persons the
 authority to make arrests if they consent thereto and to provide the
 procedures to obtain such consent.
   04/14/81  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-1813
   04/14/81  House  Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-1813