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[DontBlink]

during my 9th grade year i was picking a lock in chemistry to show off to my friends when my teacher walks up behind me. I had to talk to the school police officer and had my 14 piece southord pick set confiscated. it turned out that it was illegal to have picks at school and i got suspended for 3 days , any one else ver been in some trouble for picking?

[Cyclops154]

Cant say Ive been in trouble. When I was at school (all those years ago) my teacher had broken the key in her desk drawer lock. Lucky for her I had my pickset handy that contained a broken key extracter. Needless to say she was thankfull but no Ive never been in trouble. Sorry to hear about your experience, where did you go to school?

[maintenanceguy]

I think your parents should have asked to see the board policy concerning lock picks. I doubt the school can come up with one.

[MacGyver101]

No: my lockpicking skills never got me in trouble. I did get called down to the Principal's office more than once, though, because they'd lost a key to a filing cabinet and needed it opened.

[MrScruff]

Nah, I was too busy getting in trouble bypassing the school's computer security.

[Shyfted]

Nah, I was too busy getting in trouble bypassing the school's computer security.

I know what that's like

[MrScruff]

I was the first person they called when there was a problem, and someone needed to be blamed.

[GhostNode]

I've been suspended (expelled twice, even) for all kinds of stuff when I was in school. Never popping locks though.
Principle actually came into the bathroom while I was on the john to discuss a rumor that I had written a bot to throw off a highschool band-contest vote on a local radio station.

..akward

(and yes, we DID win that radio contest )

[Evan]

during my 9th grade year i was picking a lock in chemistry to show off to my friends when my teacher walks up behind me. I had to talk to the school police officer and had my 14 piece southord pick set confiscated. it turned out that it was illegal to have picks at school and i got suspended for 3 days , any one else ver been in some trouble for picking?

@DontBlink:

"Illegal" is one thing... It means "against the law"...

"Against school policy" or "Prohibited on school premises" are entirely different concepts...
Those phrases mean "against school rules"... Which come nowhere near the level of being "law"...

If something was "Illegal" the school police officer would have placed you under arrest and the school would have lost any jurisdiction over the outcome of the case which would have been decided by a court... Since you were only suspended by the school principal (or designated assistant) your "offense" only violated school rules and was not a crime of any sort in any way...

I am in agreement with the sentiments of the other replies here which balk at the specific prohibition of lockpicks or lockpicking instruments being specifically described as contraband in any officially written school policy... I have never seen such items listed in school policies anywhere in my 15+ years of adulthood... School policies are generally much more concerned with dangerous objects like weaponry and fireworks, etc...

Plus, unless some object your school "confiscates" is an illegal weapon, it remains your property and your parents can demand it back as the school has no right to indefinitely deprive anyone of something which is not illegal to possess in public irregardless of the school district's internal policies regarding such items/objects...

Any illegal or controlled substances a school district confiscates must be turned over to the custody of the local police department without undue delay as storing such weapons, drugs, etc inside the school building in an office somewhere creates a risk that the pirate treasures collected by the principal or assistant principal can be raided and the plundered booty make its way back into circulation in the student body...

School district employees other than the medically certified school nurse are not authorized to be in possession of any drug or medicine that is not prescribed to them... Possession of a weapon on school grounds is a crime that anyone other than on-duty police officers can be charged with, as there is no exception in the state laws that applies to such weapons confiscated and stored by school authorities...

~~ Evan