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Senate panel advances bill allowing peace officers to search some parolees and probationers; debate centers on civil liberties and officer safety
Summary
The Idaho Senate Rules Committee advanced House Bill 187 to the Senate floor after a hearing in which law-enforcement groups argued the measure promotes officer and public safety and a civil-liberties critic warned the statutory waiver coerces constitutional rights.
The Idaho Senate Rules Committee voted to send House Bill 187 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation after a hearing that drew extensive testimony from law enforcement and civil liberties skeptics.
House Bill 187 would make uniform the consent-to-search terms that parolees and probationers sign as a condition of community supervision so that, where those terms exist, any peace officer — not just a probation or parole officer — could conduct a search of a person or premises covered by the waiver. Sponsor Sen. Todd Lakey (R., District 23) said the bill does not eliminate parole officers’ discretion to pursue revocation, but would let local peace officers act when they encounter parolees or probationers and suspect probation violations or criminal activity.
"Probation and parole is really the ultimate trust and trust but verify, right?"…
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