criminal-law contract-law discrimination
Is a security agency required by law to provide services to anyone?
<blockquote>
  <p>We provide NYC Executive Protection and discreet personal protection
  for VIP’s and any person in New York City who feels their security may
  be at risk or they need close protection.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Source: <a href="http://www.nycexecutiveprotection.net/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.nycexecutiveprotection.net/</a></p>

<p>Say someone forks the cash intending on paying a team of high-level, armed security workers/mercenaries to accompany them for a day. Assuming the person who does this has no real security at risk, would this be illegal if they were still insistent on paying (the client) and the service (security) provided? Say someone does this who isn't a mega public figure or person facing major threats for their safety -- would the service still be provided legally, assuming they are paid?</p>

<p>In other (short) words, <em>security for no reason</em> -- the person would not be in any danger whatsoever.</p>

<p>They say they provide the service to those who "feel their security may be at risk," but does that mean they won't provide the service avec pay, regardless of whomever is asking for the service?</p>

<p>They make it seem like they'd only provide service to mega public figures, like Beyoncé.</p>

<p>If they used one of the various protected categories (sex, race, religion... depends on the jurisdiction since there are federal, state and local versions of anti-discrimination laws) to deny service to a client, that would be a problem. However that does not mean that it is per se discriminatory to deny service to a person who has a religion or doesn't have a religion – the prohibition is against using the protected characteristic as the basis for the business decision. The law in fact would prevent accepting a client on that basis as well as rejecting, or charging different rates. Now that we have discriminatory practices out of the way, they are allowed to take on any client they want. If they demand proof that a person faces a threat, that is their right; if they don't care about there actually being a threat and want to take on a babysitting job, they can also do that.</p>
