Not that big of a deal... But

[PaulMyers]

Corey, my scenario would have still worked if it went down the way you are saying. Once all parties are off the bus, search the bus first before subjecting the kids to a pat down.


The real issue here is who did the pat down! It is the schools obligation to do so, not law enforcement! Schools have procedures in place for just this type of situation and they do not include law enforcement performing pat downs on children for cell phones. This was about a cell phone, not a bomb, drugs or weapons and yes, everyone knew it was a cell phone before doing the pat down so they weren't looking for just anything they could find.

What I hear you saying is that law enforcement can break the laws they are sworn to uphold to find a stolen cell phone that wasn't even stolen .