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Missouri 2019-2020 Lesson Summaries
2020 Lesson 3: Legal Update - School Searches
Legal
Release Date:
2/1/2020
This is an online, Missouri-specific legal studies course. The lesson addresses court decisions providing guidance to Missouri law enforcement officers conducting searches and seizures in a school setting. Specifically, the lesson addresses:
When law enforcement officials may assist school officials with the investigation and search of a student;
When suspicionless searches in school are lawful;
When a suspicion-based search in school is lawful; and
When law enforcement officials will be entitled to qualified immunity against a student’s claim the officer used excessive force to seize him/her in school.
Finally, the lesson provides tips on conducting lawful searches in schools.
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