Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004…
“ Private security officer.—The term ``private security officer''— (A) means an individual other than an employee of a Federal, State, or local government, whose primary duty is to perform security services, full or part time, for consideration, whether armed or unarmed and in uniform or plain clothes (except for services excluded from coverage under this Act if the Attorney General determines by regulation that such exclusion would serve the public interest) ”
