502.8E1 - Search and Seizure Checklist

I.      What factors caused you to have a reasonable and articulable suspicion that the search of this student or the student’s effects or automobile would turn up evidence that the student has violated or is violating the law, school policy, rules or regulations affecting school order?

A.  Eyewitness account.

1. By whom:  __________________________________________________________________________________
2. Date/Time:  _________________________________________________________________________________
3. Place:  _____________________________________________________________________________________
4. What was seen:  _____________________________________________________________________________

B.  Information from a reliable source.

1. From whom:  ________________________________________________________________________________
2. Time received:  ______________________________________________________________________________
3. How information was received:  _________________________________________________________________
4. Who received the information:  __________________________________________________________________
5. Describe information:  _________________________________________________________________________

C.  Suspicious behavior?  Explain.

      _____________________________________________________________________________________________
      _____________________________________________________________________________________________
      _____________________________________________________________________________________________
      _____________________________________________________________________________________________

D.  Student's past history?  Explain.

      _____________________________________________________________________________________________
      _____________________________________________________________________________________________
      _____________________________________________________________________________________________
      _____________________________________________________________________________________________

E.  Time of search:  ________________________________________________________________________________

F.  Location of search:  _____________________________________________________________________________

G.  Student told purpose of search:  ___________________________________________________________________

H.  Consent of student requested:  ____________________________________________________________________

 

II.  Was the search you conducted reasonable in terms of scope and intrusiveness:  

A.  What were you searching for?  _____________________________________________________________________

B.  Where did you search?  __________________________________________________________________________

C.  Sex of the student:  ______________________________________________________________________________

D.  Age of the student:  ______________________________________________________________________________

E.  Exigency of the situation:  _________________________________________________________________________

F.  What type of search was being conducted:  ___________________________________________________________

G.  Who conducted the search:  _______________________________________________________________________
               Position:  _________________________________________________________________________________
               Sex:  _____________________________________________________________________________________

H.  Witness(s):

      _____________________________________________________________________________________________
      _____________________________________________________________________________________________

 

III.  Explanation of Search

           Describe the time and location of the search:  

A.        ___________________________________________________________________________________________

           Describe exactly what was searched:

B.        ___________________________________________________________________________________________

           What did the search yield:

C.        _____________________________________________________________________________________________

           What was seized:

D.        _____________________________________________________________________________________________

            Were any materials turned over to law enforcement officials?

E.        _____________________________________________________________________________________________

            Were parents notified of the search including the reason for it and the scope:

F.        _____________________________________________________________________________________________
           _____________________________________________________________________________________________