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Committee backs bill allowing peace officers to search parolees and probationers under existing waivers
Summary
The Senate Judiciary & Rules Committee voted to send House Bill 187 to the floor after testimony on whether peace officers should be able to search convicted felons on probation or parole under existing consent waivers.
The Senate Judiciary & Rules Committee voted to send House Bill 187 to the Senate floor with a due pass recommendation after extended testimony from law enforcement representatives, a family member of a parolee and civil liberties commenters.
Todd Lakey, State Senator from District 23 and sponsor, told the committee the bill would make the consent-to-search term in parole and probation agreements consistent across Idaho and allow peace officers to perform searches now limited to parole or probation officers in some counties. “Probation and parole is really the ultimate trust and trust but verify, right?” Lakey said, describing the agreements parolees and probationers sign and the public-safety rationale for broader search authority.
Opponents raised…
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