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by Timjon on April 21st, 2009
No way! The last thing I need is having some freaking pervert getting his jollies with my kid! I pity the guy or gal who does so.
by BeccaBaby on April 21st, 2009
No.
However, if the situation really calls for such a thing... The parents should be called, the child should be taken to the police station and searched there in front of their parents. Only IF the situation is that extreme, strip searching should not be a regular practice.
by bolwerk on April 21st, 2009
No, it's highly inappropriate. I'd deck anyone who did that to my kid.
by Yarnlady is happy every day on April 22nd, 2009
Not without a legal arrest first, and then only in the presence of a lawyer.
by Baccduckus is a Carbonproduct on April 22nd, 2009
I saw the case you're talking about. It's flat stupidity on the schools part. I really don't know how they can continue to defend it.
A student who has never been in trouble and keeps good grades. A different student said she had gotten prescription pain killers from her. They found nothing on her or in her locker. Sounds like she's innocent at that point, but they where in a frenzy and desperately didn't want be proven to be imbeciles. They went the other direction and showed how stupid they truly are.
School officials should not have that authority. I dare say the DO NOT have that authority and it will be written in judicial law shortly.
by Jadey - Vive la difference on April 21st, 2009
No, definitely not.
by Soccergirl on April 21st, 2009
Of course not, what are you, a child molester?
by Marguerite on April 21st, 2009
As a former school teacher, I can tell you that I am totally against the strip searching of any student of any age at school at anytime....PERIOD!!!! Shame on those who think otherwise! Parents should be notified and invited to come to the school if any extreme problem occurs. Parents, you need to make sure that a policy is made by the school board in your district to make sure this doesn't happen in your schools. I'm speaking out because I want everybody to know what a teacher would think. I am certain I'm not alone in this.
by nucleotideboy on April 26th, 2009
Fucking no.
by teresa on April 22nd, 2009
If someone strip searched one of my daughters at school , and I would make sure that school got shut down and file a law suit and if anyone tried to touch my girls they know how to kick someone where it counts!! trust me ,,,
by tooty_fruity88 on April 22nd, 2009
No, unless the student is in the wrong.. Even in that case the search should be conducted by the police and a school staff member for superveision. Even then if it is a female student a female staff member should be present ect.
by Vintage... on April 21st, 2009
Absolutely not!
by Anonymous is hungry on April 29th, 2009
Simply put, NO!
by Im BACK on April 21st, 2009
No, of course not. To make students strip themselves of their privacy is not acceptable.
by buxtonite ..slowly losing my mind on June 16th, 2009
no!...not a ice cube in hell chance of this ever happening to any kid of mine ( if I had any that is )
by LovieBear on April 29th, 2009
Yes, that is a matter for the police. Minors should be accompanied by their parents and searched.
by faithiskey on April 26th, 2009
no, never
by ThisAnonymous1 on April 26th, 2009
Never. If they arrest them for something and haul the student off to jail, it's up to the jail. Never, never is it okay at school.
by ACCOUNT CLOSED on April 22nd, 2009
Isn't just being at school and made fun of, embarassing enough? Now, they're trying to scar kids for life?
Metal detectors, uniformed hall monitors, more surveillance, even police-dogs...there are plenty of ways to increase security. But NO WAY is strip-searching justifiable.
by Heather on April 22nd, 2009
absolutely not, next they are gonna start molesting kids claiming to have done a cavity search
by Kizz miazz on April 22nd, 2009
No that's sexual molestation.
That student should be held until the parent comes.
by nutmegcollector on April 22nd, 2009
No, I don't believe school should strip searching students.
by kat on April 22nd, 2009
NO!NO!NO!!!
by lovebettafish on April 22nd, 2009
No way in hell should it be allowed,at least not with a police officer and the parent or guardian being present. I would be taking the law into my own hands if anyone strip searched any of my kids, and cop the consequences.
by Factotum on June 17th, 2009
I can think of no justification for it. The 'loco' in 'loco parentis' is Latin, not Spanish.
by sci-geek on June 16th, 2009
Never. School employees are employed by the government so the fact they are doing searches of this type requires a warrant.
by john pennington on April 21st, 2009
For the safety of all students and teachers, if this is what it takes to assure the good people an education and safety, then go for it.
The good people will not rebel, the bad people will.
Its a shame it has come down to this in our school education program throughout the country.
We must remember that schools are not prisons and the students are not prisoners.
by comingbackdown on April 30th, 2009
The only way I would condone this is if you have an individual who has made a threat against the premises. However, that should be the task of law enforcement.
School personnel should only be able to detain suspected law violators.
by roadpup2 on April 26th, 2009
No. It should never be done.
by BritishPatriot on April 22nd, 2009
Kids today are scum, they carry weapons to school and people die, they talk to adults like there worthless and assault them knowing they can get away with it.
My school from 10 years ago now looks like a prison with high walls and security guards standing guard.
Kids can't be trusted today, however I am against strip searching but im not against an airport system that uses metal detectors to get kids who carry knives.
I also think teachers should be given the power to hit kids with the cane and teach them some discipline, the lack of proper discipline is ruining the world and turning innocent kids into mindless thugs.
by The One Cool Skanush on January 1st, 2012
I would say that is one boundary we should simply never cross, regardless of the circumstances.
by Thunder_Kiss_65 on September 13th, 2011
If it happened to any of my kids I would be in jail after I beat the crap out of the person who did it, the vice-principle, the principle, and the entire school board.
by purplecows on September 12th, 2011
how else are all the fired TSA employees going to get employment?
by mk12 on September 11th, 2011
No. there are far better ways of dealing with things like that. Take the kid out of school, take them to the police and request a strip search if you need, but no educational teacher should strip search a student, at least not at school. Teachers can be bullies. I've had some bad experience with certain teachers, if they had the right to strip search a kid then that's just too much power, I know she would make it some obscure kind of thing just out of hate. I know not all teachers are like that, in fact there's a teacher or two I wouldn't mind getting a strip search from ;) but all in all it's just not professional.
by MR2David on September 8th, 2011
Yes. Under controlled conditions.
Treat criminals like criminals on both sides.
If a kid takes a gun to school, put the kid in reform school. Hold the parents responsible for his/her kids actions. Fine the parents for the first offense, and jail for subsequent offenses. Maybe then strip searches wouldn't be necessary.
If a search is performed, and it i found there was no valid reason, the teacher/principle should be dismissed with prejudice.
by Bear_Grylls on July 20th, 2011
Being strip searched at school?
Better drink my own piss.
by AnonymousGirl on July 30th, 2010
Nope! I am actually sitting here wondering if the people who wanted the strip search done are child molesters. I don't know the story, though. I am a student, and I know that if I had to be stripped searched at school, I would be absolutely humiliated! I don't think I would ever want to go back to school ever again. No, this is not a case where "If you're innocent, you would cooperate!" This is an entirely different situation. Being naked means being vulnerable -- to everything! What kind of school teacher or other school staff member has any desire to see any of their students naked anyway unless they have ulterior motives?
by Iriomote Cat on July 21st, 2010
Nope :)
by sega256 on July 11th, 2010
no , no no no no
by ☆ShootingStarr;☆™ on May 23rd, 2010
i say yes. at our school we get searched if we are under suspicion. they always find weed and stuff like that and one time they found a gun on a guy.
by rose1980 on February 28th, 2010
Absolutely not. School is a place to learn and not a jail or court. Strip searching should be left to the police.
by john pennington on November 9th, 2009
2nd Answer: You are a female School Resource Police Officer. you and two other officers work everyday at this high school. one female student is stabbed by another female student. witnesses all point to this one female as the stabber. the knife has not been recovered and witnesses tell you the weapon is a switchblade knife and is on the suspects body. the suspect is apprehended, but the knife is not located on her outer person. you assume the weapon must be somewhere else on her body.
You, as a female police officer, have to make a decision about locating the switchblade knife weapon on the suspect.
You are the female police officer............
What action would you take?
Random strip searches should never be accomplished.
by Werewolf3 on November 8th, 2009
No, what you have is none of there business but if you know it's wrong to have a certain item then I suggest you keep it at home.
by Jamie on November 5th, 2009
Hell, no!! That would embarass the child to death.
by lankalanla on June 29th, 2009
yes, i see no harm in that provided the searcher also strips but no third party is allowed as a witness. that is the equality of both as written in our Qura'an.
Lo and behold, Allah knows verily what happened
rehards from pakistan
by Esteban-- Smartest Pumpkin on June 17th, 2009
only as a last resort, with parents, warrant and lawyer present.
by Lemonyellow Di Vintage on June 17th, 2009
YES! IT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION EVEN IN FOREIGN COUNTRYS!
by SigFreud27 on June 17th, 2009
nope not in a million years.
by lucas6 on April 26th, 2009
NO, unless they volenteer to be searched by another student of the preffered sex (if you havent realised i am a student who would be one of those students)
(dont get mad, get glad kitchen wrap)
by Ec-nal Licensed Bootie Inspector on April 26th, 2009
No. There had better be a good reason and even then it should be handled by the police yo...
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Thanks +6
by dumdum on April 21st, 2009
You're welcome and thanks
by Timjon on April 21st, 2009
What if another student had a weapon that could harm your child?
by FalsePretense on June 25th, 2010
Perverts? They are people who are dedicated to providing safety/security to you/your children. Imagine if a school tragedy occurs someday and you later learn that the suspect was stopped but released after simple questioning, for fear that if a search of his locker or his person would result in lawsuit. You'd be the first to whine "they should've searched the SOB - he killed my child. You let it happen."
by scubaguy on May 25th, 2011