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  • traderdan

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    PIKE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT CHARGED AFTER GUN FOUND IN CAR
    INDIANAPOLIS — A Pike High School student was taken into custody and charged on Tuesday, after school police found a gun in their car, said the district.

    Police found the gun in the locked car while investigating suspected marijuana use. The car was on school property.

    The district says that the gun was legally owned by a student and that they had a valid license to carry.

    It’s the second gun school police have found in less than a month. On Feb. 5, school police found a gun in a backpack while investigating suspected vape use.

    Full statement from the Pike Township schools:

    “The Pike Police Department discovered a gun in a locked vehicle on the Pike High School campus while conducting a search related to suspected marijuana use. Although the gun was legally owned by the student with a valid license to carry, the person was charged and taken into custody.”

    Does anyone have more information on this story?
     

    GodFearinGunTotin

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    Over on FB, Guy R. Commented that students (and those expelled within the last 24 months) are exempted from the guns-at-school-while-locked-in-your-car exemption. I think that goes for searches too. But I’ll defer to the real lawyers on that one.
     

    Clark & Addison

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    So they can enter a locked vehicle on just suspicion. Seems like a serious bit of :bs: to me.

    I don't know the law as well as I wish I did, but it is my understanding from the school safety specialist trainings that I have been to is that yes, schools are allowed to search lockers, backpacks, vehicles, etc. based on suspicion.
     

    churchmouse

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    Pretty sure it's been that way for a long time. You consent to searches when you agree to the rules required to get a parking pass and use the school lot. It certainly was that way when I was in high school.

    Well I am old. School lot was 1st come 1st park. Late comers had to park on the street or in the surrounding area and walk a bit. Lot was full every day. No passes.
    But those were times that no drugs/guns or other dumb **** showed up in school for the most part. Seems the world is slipping towards THE BRINK.
     

    68NOVA

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    Well I am old. School lot was 1st come 1st park. Late comers had to park on the street or in the surrounding area and walk a bit. Lot was full every day. No passes.
    But those were times that no drugs/guns or other dumb **** showed up in school for the most part. Seems the world is slipping towards THE BRINK.

    The better years.

    I often parked in the teachers lot so nobody would ding my car.

    When administrators told me to move it, I'd leave for the day.

    But there were no parking passes or waivers of consent like they have these days.
     

    traderdan

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    The school systems have Waaay too much power. It is quite unbelievable that a 17 year old can lose their drivers license if they quit school. I would like to know the outcome of these charges..
     

    eldirector

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    Students, and parents, are required to sign the "policy" handbook, granting school this kind of authority. At least for the search.

    Still wonder what he was arrested for. The handgun may violate policy, but that isn't cause for arrest. Suspension, sure.
     

    VUPDblue

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    I can tell you that this case is not simply "gun found, person arrested". The arrest has as much to do with the drug offenses as anything, and the gun was not properly secured in the car on school grounds as required in IC 35-47-9.
     

    DadSmith

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    I can tell you that this case is not simply "gun found, person arrested". The arrest has as much to do with the drug offenses as anything, and the gun was not properly secured in the car on school grounds as required in IC 35-47-9.

    My understanding is the doors have to be locked, windows up, and the firearm has to be out of sight. Is that correct or am I misunderstanding it? Besides having a license to carry handgun.
     

    jedi

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    That is correct. There are 3 ways to leave the firearm in the vehicle while on school property.


    (b) It is a defense to a prosecution under subsection (a) that:

    (1) the person is permitted to legally possess the firearm; and

    (2) the firearm is:

    (A) locked in the trunk of the person’s motor vehicle;

    (B) kept in the glove compartment of the person’s locked motor vehicle; or

    (C) stored out of plain sight in the person’s locked motor vehicle.

    (c) A person who is permitted to legally possess a firearm and who knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly leaves the firearm in plain view in a motor vehicle that is parked in a school parking lot commits a Class A misdemeanor.
     
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