(1) prevention includes protecting persons and/or property from harm, theft, and other unlawful activity, including response to a security systems alarm;

(2) deterrence includes deterring, observing, detecting, and reporting unlawful or unauthorized activity;

(3) control includes controlling, by street or other patrol service, access to property, including employee personnel, visitors, vehicles and traffic;

(4) enforcement includes enforcing security policies, rules, regulations, and procedures.

(1) engaged in the functions set forth in subdivision (b) of this section for more than 50 percent of the person's regularly scheduled work hours; or

(2) employed to perform any or all of the above functions for any duration, with the condition of such employment being that he or she is armed with a weapon; or

(3) employed to perform any or all of the above functions for any duration, with the condition of such employment being that he or she wear a military style uniform or insignia, either being indicative of security guard status.

(1) When employed by a security guard company, an off-duty police officer is exempt from the registration, fingerprinting and training provisions of General Business Law, article 7-A. When employed by a security guard company, a retired or former police officer must comply with the registration, fingerprinting and training provisions of General Business Law, article 7-A.

(2) Before employing an off-duty police officer as a security guard, a security guard company licensed pursuant to General Business Law, article 7 shall obtain an employee statement from the off-duty police officer as required by General Business Law, section 81(2); provided, however, the off-duty police officer shall be exempt from the fingerprinting provisions of General Business Law, section 81, subdivisions (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7).