School Safety

BY: NATALI ORTIZ

METAL DETECTORS

• In 2000, a Chicago chief officer approved

the use of metal detectors for district’s 489
elementary schools
• General scanning of students is minimally
intrusive on students’ 4th Amendment rights
when weighted against school officials’
interest in providing a safe school
environment.
SCHOOL
SAFETY
SAFETY IS A PRIORITY IN
OUR EDUCATION SCHOOL
SYSTEM

MASSIVE SHOOTINGS FOR

EXAMPLE…AS YOU CAN
SEE ON THE GRAPH, THESE
INCIDENTS HAS RISEN
SHARPLY OVER THE LAST
7 YEARS
• Here are some more
statistics
• High numbers of incidents
makes students feel like
they are in an unsafe
environment which can
greatly affect their
performance and even
attendance
 THE 4TH AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF STUDENTS

• The 4th Amendment of the Constitution says:

• The right of the people to be secure against
unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be
violated.
• Government cannot make unreasonable warrantless
intrusions
APPLICATION OF THE 4TH AMENDMENT TO
STUDENTS
• In 1985, Supreme Court ruled that ”school officials are state agents, and all governmental
actions come within the restraints of the 4th Amendment”.

• The Court in T.L.O concluded that requiring teachers to obtain a warrant before searching
students would interfere with the informal disciplinary procedures needed to maintain
order.
REFERENCES

• https://theconversation.com/mass-shootings-in-the-us-have-risen-sharply-in-2020-why-15
0981
• https://www.thecalifornianpaper.com/2019/10/school-shootings-are-only-getting-worse/
• https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ksbar.org/resource/resmgr/LRE/FINAL_Materials_4th_Am
end_Vi.pdf
• McCarthy, Martha M. Eckes, Suzanne E. (2014). Legal Rights of Teachers and Students.
Bloomington, Indiana: Cambron-McCabe, Nelda H.