Searches and Seizures is when, depending on the particular case, certain people of power are able to search and/or seize items that belong to a person of suspect. There is a very fine line between when it is okay for a person to be searched and when it is going against the law. To search somebody you would need either a probable cause or reasonable suspicion. Also, depending on the case, there are different types of searches that you would use. There are two types of searches, minimally intrusive (they don't disrupt the person being searched. Ex. searching someones backpack, or having a dog walk by to sniff you to see if you have any drugs), and overly intrusive (they cause too much of a disruption or inconvenience. Ex. a strip search).
I have a couple of questions so far. My first question is about reasonable suspicion. On the yellow sheet that you (Emily) gave us during Sophomore Summit, it says that reasonable suspicion is when a "reasonable person in the same circumstances could reasonable believe a person has been, is or is about to be engaged in criminal activity; such suspicion is not a mere hunch." I'm a little bit confused about the difference between that and a probable cause. Even though it says you need less amount of evidence for reasonable suspicion, how much evidence to you then need for a probable cause? They just seem very close. My next question is CVU-specific. Does CVU get a lot of searches by the house administrators? Not strip searches or anything, just searching through kids back packs.
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