Prior to searching a visitor, a youth or other staff, staff shall determine that reasonable grounds or probable cause exists to believe the person being searched possesses contraband. Staff shall consider all of the following factors.
- (1) The reliability of information provided by an informant indicating the existence of contraband by assessing whether the information is detailed, consistent and corroborated.
- (2) The reliability of an informant by considering whether the informant has supplied reliable information in the past and whether the informant has reason to supply inaccurate information.
- (3) The activity of a visitor, youth or staff that relates to whether the person to be searched might carry contraband.
- (4) The information provided by the person who may be searched which is relevant to whether the person possesses contraband.
History
History: Cr. Register, June, 2000, No. 534, eff. 7-1-00.