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R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-21.5-1. Legislative intent
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(a) Community policing and the presence of school resource officers on school campuses serve a vital role fostering a safe learning environment for pupils, faculty and staff. (b) In order to enable school resource officers to more effectively fulfill this role, it is the intent o…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-21.5-2. Procedure for interrogating elementary students
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(a) Before making an elementary school pupil available to a law enforcement officer for the purpose of being questioned, the principal of the elementary school, or his or her designee, shall take immediate steps to obtain the oral consent of the parent or guardian of the pupil to…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-21.5-3. Procedure for interrogating high school students
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(a) Before making a high school pupil under eighteen (18) years of age available to a law enforcement officer for the purpose of questioning, the principal of the school, or his or her designee, shall inform the pupil that the pupil has the right to request that his or her parent…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 16-21.5-4. Student interrogations under exigent circumstances
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The provisions of §§ 16-21.5-2 and 16-21.5-3 shall not apply if any of the following conditions exist: (a) The law enforcement officer reasonably believes that, due to exigent circumstances, the inability of the officer to immediately question the pupil will materially interfere …