Practice question

A security guard stops an individual on private property to ask questions about a suspicious package. The individual feels free to leave at any time during the conversation. Is this considered a 'detention' in the legal sense, requiring Charter warnings?

  1. Yes, any interaction between a security guard and a member of the public is a detention.
  2. No, if the individual feels free to leave, it is not a detention. Detention implies a psychological or physical restraint.
  3. Yes, because the security guard is in a position of authority.
  4. Only if the security guard requests identification from the individual.

Answer: B — No, if the individual feels free to leave, it is not a detention. Detention implies a psychological or physical restraint.

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