Question: Can a school deputy take a statement without reading one's rights?
Answer: The answer depends upon who takes the statement and why the statement is taken.
A school principal or security officer often needs to take statements from students when investigating student misconduct and other incidents that occur at school. When the investigation conducted by a school official for school purposes, the official is not required to advise the student of his or her 'Miranda rights' (i.e., the right to remain silent, receive advice of legal counsel, etc.). When a student has become a suspect in a criminal investigation, a police officer (including a police officer assigned to a school as a 'school resource officer') must give the Miranda warning before asking the student to provide a statement.
On 03/31/03 Jahmari from NY said:
Can the Dean make me sign a confession and then suspene me and not let me go back to school?
On 12/21/02 criziisssyy from TX said:
man that is dumb, we should be able to have the miranda rights in effect at school. I just got in trouble and they made me confess. That is dumb. We made make paper money and got community service for it....miranda rights would have came in handy
On 06/25/02 Ursula from Othe said:
What if the officer is questioning a juvilile victim of a crime? They don't have to have their rights read to them do they?
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