---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 159.1"
title: "32"
number: "159.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/159.1"
---

# §159.1. Purpose.


This part establishes policy, assigns responsibilities and provides procedures for the regulation of the selection, accountability, training, equipping, and conduct of personnel performing private security functions under a covered contract. It also assigns responsibilities and establishes procedures for incident reporting, use of and accountability for equipment, rules for the use of force, and a process for administrative action or the removal, as appropriate, of PSCs and PSC personnel.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 862, Pub. L. 110-181, 122 Stat. 253; Sec. 832, Sec 853, Pub. L. 110-417, 122 Stat. 4535; Sec. 831-833, Pub L. 111-383, 124 Stat. 4276.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 49655, Aug. 11, 2011, unless otherwise noted.