As a precautionary system, many schools across the nation have been searching lockers to eliminate the school of weapons and drugs that the students had. The schools had probable cause, meaning that they did have some piece of evidence that says that particular person had illegal objects. This caused an outrage with students and parents alike, saying that this was an invasion of the student's privacy. This case was taken to the supreme court, who ruled that the schools did have the right to search.
@armony: that would mean, that a person can be searched without any warrant in a public place. this is not true. you have the right to use the locker and are responsible for it. so you have grant permission to open it. its like a rented room
They have every right, it is on their property, you pay nothing for the service
if being on ones property would mean you lose all your rights, the police could search you in any public place they want. luckilly this is not allowed(at least not where i live).
does it also mean postman can open your letters, they have it in their bag so they can do whatever they want with it
My school has several signs posted that explicitly say that the lockers are the school's property and the school can search them whenever it wants. I really don't see any problem with the policy.
We at my old school had to pay for a locker. 20 bucks per year for a lock and the locker itself. Of course I paid for it, which is why i think that locker searches are fully against your rights, as this is your property for the year. Unless they had a police warrant i would tell them to f'ck off!
lol. yeah. they should be able to search the lockers, it's a matter of security. they do random searches at my school, but -- believe me -- we get wind of it before it's a problem for me. Nice thing about having a former dealer who pays of the security guards, never really have to worry about anything.
but yeah, if anything is inside the school, they have the right to search it. that's not really a problem, and it'll never be changed against their will.
it's a matter of security. they do random searches at my school, but -- believe me -- we get wind of it before it's a problem for me. Nice thing about having a former dealer who pays of the security guards, never really have to worry about anything.
How can you say that it's a matter of security and then go on to point out how it doesn't help anything?
but yeah, if anything is inside the school, they have the right to search it.
