Sterling Secret Service, Inc. v. Department of State Police

By the Private Security Guard Act of 1968, 1 all private police, private security guards, and all agencies engaged in private security work must be licensed by the Department of State Police. Minimum qualifications are established for such individuals and agencies, 2 and the act empowers the Department of State Police to enforce its provisions. 3 The act also empowers the department, as the administrative agency charged with the act’s enforcement, to make rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of the act. 4 In the exercise of its rule-making power, the department is…