sec.558Detention of entrants by protective services officers

### sec.558 Detention of entrants by protective services officers This section applies if a protective services officer reasonably suspects a person who is an entrant to a state building has committed an offence at or in connection with the building. The protective services officer may detain the person for the time reasonably necessary to give the person into the custody of a police officer. It is the duty of the protective services officer to release the person at the earliest reasonable opportunity if the person is no longer reasonably suspected of committing the offence for which the person was detained. Subsection (3) does not apply if the person is reasonably suspected of another offence, whether or not arising out of the circumstances of the offence for which the person was detained. s 558 prev s 558 (orig s 268) renum 2000 No. 22 s 19 om 2014 No. 60 s 98 pres s 558 ins 2022 No. 9 s 4 (sec.558-ssec.1) This section applies if a protective services officer reasonably suspects a person who is an entrant to a state building has committed an offence at or in connection with the building. (sec.558-ssec.2) The protective services officer may detain the person for the time reasonably necessary to give the person into the custody of a police officer. (sec.558-ssec.3) It is the duty of the protective services officer to release the person at the earliest reasonable opportunity if the person is no longer reasonably suspected of committing the offence for which the person was detained. (sec.558-ssec.4) Subsection (3) does not apply if the person is reasonably suspected of another offence, whether or not arising out of the circumstances of the offence for which the person was detained.