977 Policy: Cooperation With Law Enforcement Agencies

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I. General Statement of Policy

It shall be the policy of the board of education to encourage ongoing cooperation between school officials and law enforcement agencies.  While school personnel have an obligation to protect the legal rights of students who are in their charge, they also have an obligation to cooperate with police officers in law enforcement and crime prevention.

II. Police Access to Students

The board of education authorizes the superintendent to develop administrative guidelines describing the role of the principal and outlining the process by which police officers may interview a student in the course of their investigation of some violation of the law or wish to take a student into custody.

Legal References: 

Minn. Stat. § 126C.44 (Crime Related Costs Levy)

RATIFIED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION: November 18, 1996

REVISED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION: November 19, 2001; March 4, 2024

REVIEWED AND REAFFIRMED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION: July 19, 2004; May 7, 2018