People+v.+Dukes

People v. Dukes was a small court case in New York City in 1992. The court upheld a magnetic weapons search policy to be used in public schools. The schools could periodically bring in police officers to use handheld metal detectors to search the students. The students were notified of the search before it began and if they had metal objects on them they would be brought aside and patted down. They would be give a chance to remove any objects before the officer found them. The school tried to balance their needs for a safe environment with the students personal rights. Since 1992, many schools have adopted the search policy, after the precedent set in People v Dukes.

The decision was the school was in fact allowed to search the kids that set off the metal detectors.