Cumberland Valley School Board approves random search policy for student vehicles

Patriot News ^ | February 4, 2013 | Roger Quigley

[ConservativeInPA]

It's not something they intend to use immediately, but the Cumberland Valley School Board Monday night approved a policy revision that will allow random searches of student vehicles by local law enforcement officials using certified drug dogs.

Development of the policy has been in the works for about a year. Board members said they wanted to put it in place now so that parents and students will know it can be used and to include it in a new student handbook soon to be prepared.

District officials said any vehicle searches would be coordinated with the Cumberland County Drug Task Force.

Under the policy, students and parents will have to consent to possible random searches of vehicles driven by students to school and parked on campus before they can obtain a parking permit.

The district has conducted random searches of student lockers, but board member Robert M. Walker said there has been a migration of contraband from lockers to vehicles.

The searches would have to be random and could be done by using a lottery system of numbered parking decals or by selecting certain sections of student parking areas and picking vehicles at random.

District officials said the policy is intended to balance the interest of maintaining a safe school environment and respecting individual protections guaranteed under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Students are barred from bringing contraband items to school, including but not limited to drugs, alcohol, weapons and explosives.

[ConservativeInPA]

Teachers should be subject, randomly of course, to having their cars searched.

That and random abuse for being liberals. Make their f'n lives miserable. They are union thugs. I can't wait for they day we deliver a massive pay cut and reduction in their taxpayer funded pensions. May they die in pain with their Obamacare.

[merry10]

Kirkpatrick seemed ok. He helped me with a project a couple years ago. Anyway read the current issue of reason magazine.....dogs are not entirely reliable. There is a good article that explains why.