10-24-2007, 05:20 PM
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So Fucking Gay
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Originally Posted by baddog
I guess you know a lot more about Florida law than I do.
What was the cop referencing when he kept mentioning being within 500' of a school?
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Here's the statute that relates to a 500' "safety zone" around schools that falls under a trespassing law of Florida:
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Any person who does not have legitimate business in the school safety zone or any other authorization, license, or invitation to enter or remain in the school safety zone who shall willfully fail to remove himself or herself from the school safety zone after the principal or designee, having a reasonable belief that he or she will commit a crime or is engaged in harassment or intimidation of students entering or leaving school property, requests him or her to leave the school safety zone commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. Nothing in this section shall be construed to abridge or infringe upon the right of any person to peaceably assemble or protest.
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Obviously this reporter wasn't there to commit a crime or harass students. In fact, there weren't even any students out there when he was first "asked" to move.
The purpose of the statute was to allow officers to remove potential child molesters or drug dealers from the area.
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