because they bring it into school. At least three states Tennessee, Louisiana, and Florida have legislated permission for the use of random, Woodard 4non-targeted, mass metal detector use. There have been only a handful of cases on this issue and none have been on the Federal level. They do, however, indicate a similar direction to permit non-individualized searches by metal detector. One theory holds that such a search is really an "administrative search," much like airport security metal detector use. Under the "administrative search" doctrine, such searches are reasonable as part of a regulatory scheme in furtherance of an administrative purpose, rather than as part of a criminal investigation to secure evidence of crime. Other courts generally recognize a balancing test, weighing the privacy interests of the affected citizens against the government's need to conduct the suspicionless search and the extent of its intrusion (Currie 78-87). Metal detectors should be at every private or public school because it prevents weapons from being carried on school grounds.Drug sniffing dogs protects the students from illegal substance use. The mere possession, without use, of drugs on school grounds has been discussed as a threat to school safety and security in case after case, without examination or citation of any evidence of a causal effect between drug possession and unsafe schools. Although the U.S. Supreme Court has not ruled on the constitutional limits on drug sniffing by dogs as a student search issue, lower Federal courts have been divided on the threshold question of whether sniffing constitutes any "search" at all. Fifteen years ago trained dogs went up and down the classroom rows of over 2,500 junior and senior high school students, sniffing for drugs. If the dog responded to a particular student, that student was searched, sometimes strip searched. When such a student sued the school district for an unlawful search, the court he...
