Mississippi HB968 would allow school resource officers to search students if they have reasonable suspicion of unlawful activity.
Mississippi HB968 amends the state code to authorize school resource officers to detain and search students if they have reasonable suspicion of unlawful activity. The bill defines unlawful activity to include possession or use of a deadly weapon, possession or sale of a controlled substance, assault, rape, sexual battery, murder, kidnapping, and fondling of a child for lustful purposes. The searches must comply with Fourth Amendment protections. The bill also requires schools to report arrests of students to the superintendent and appropriate law enforcement agencies.
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