David Duren-Sanner's vehicle was searched last week during a random lockdown at Northeast High School, according to a local report. Having no idea that his father's knife was inside, he agreed to the search. In addition to the 10-day suspension, he also faces weapons charges in Montgomery County.

 

The 18-year-old, whose father is a commercial fisherman, could now be forced to attend an alternative school for 90 days, though he's appealing the punishment. The vehicle belongs to his father, but Duren-Sanner had driven it to school that day.

 

HS Senior Gets Harsh Punishment After Dad's Fishing Knife Left in His Car | Fox News Insider

Is zero tolerance a good thing or a brain dead thing?

One could argue that the Adult father should have set a better example and not left his knife in the sons car.

One could argue that the Adult father should have set a better example and not left his knife in the sons car.

 

It wasn't the son's car. It was the Dad's car.

Is zero tolerance a good thing or a brain dead thing?

 

There are numerous threads on BGP that provide evidence zero tolerance is a brain dead thing.

It wasn't the son's car. It was the Dad's car.

 

I missed that, changes things a bit, Son should know to check car for the knife then if Dad carries it most of the time.

Zero Tolerance has came out of the litigious society we have become.

 

Common sense has become anything but common.

There are numerous threads on BGP that provide evidence zero tolerance is a brain dead thing.

 

Generally speaking I agree zero tolerance is a brain dead thing but is school security one of those times/places we should have a zero tolerance policy against weapons?

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Generally speaking I agree zero tolerance is a brain dead thing but is school security one of those times/places we should have a zero tolerance policy against weapons?

 

If you bring a weapon into school, absolutely. However, I can't tell you how many times I've seen kids with fishing rods in their car/truck for after school. No one has ever made it a big deal to go through their tackle boxes.

 

At the end of the day, no policy is going to stop someone from attempting to hurt people. If they don't have a knife in their car it's just easy to ask for a pair of scissors.

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Come on. I want to hear your take

Is there more to the story than that.

If you bring a weapon into school, absolutely. However, I can't tell you how many times I've seen kids with fishing rods in their car/truck for after school. No one has ever made it a big deal to go through their tackle boxes.

 

At the end of the day, no policy is going to stop someone from attempting to hurt people. If they don't have a knife in their car it's just easy to ask for a pair of scissors.

 

I want to agree with you...

1. Can a person give permission to a search of another person's property?

 

2. Since the son drove the vehicle to school, was he technically in possession of the vehicle and allowed to agree to a search?

 

3. Is a school search different in the eyes of the law than another search?

 

4. If I borrow my daughter's car to go to the store and a police office asks me if he can search it, can I allow the search since it isn't my vehicle?