Company police

Company police are a form of private police and are law enforcement officers (LEOs) that work for companies rather than governmental entities; they may be employed directly by a private corporation or by a private security company which contracts private policing services out to other entities (including to private, non-private, and governmental entities). Company and private police generally provide security police services for their employer's or clients' properties. Company police generally refers to a law enforcement entity controlled specifically by a company, whereas private police generally refers to any law enforcement entity that is privately-controlled (including company police), such as the campus police of a private college or university. The authority accorded to company and private police LEOs still flows from a governmental entity (such as via state or municipal statutes) and such private LEOs are often still subject to state or municipal law enforcement regulatory bodies.