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By Kent Scheidegger et al.

College Background Checks. Byron Ackerman uticaod.com reports that Herkimer County Community College officials are backing legislation that would allow peace officers to conduct background checks on students involved in a possible crime. The bill is also being supported by State University of New York. Recently, there have been assaults and stabbings on campus which has students concerned. HCCC President Ronald Williams believes the recent events could have been prevented if peace officers had the ability to conduct background checks. However, there are some concerns with violating a student?s privacy. A First Amendment issue raised by a student against her school administrators is reported by the AP in today?s Washington Post. Avery Doninger claims that officials at Lewis S...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on March 05, 2008 (boomark / email).