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Video surveillance of school teachers' locker rooms was potentially unreasonable

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Teachers showed that they had a reasonable expectation of privacy protecting them from video surveillance in their athletic office and locker room area. One was suspected of theft, but videotaping all of them was potentially unreasonable, at least at the motion to dismiss stage. Doe v. Dearborn Pub. Schools, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25514 (E.D. Mich. March 31, 2008): Addressing the first prong of the Katz test, Plaintiffs have established subjective expectations of privacy in the object of the challenged search. Plaintiffs claim they are entitled to privacy in their office and/or locker room. As to the second prong of the Katz test, Plaintiffs have sufficiently provided evidence that they have an expectation of privacy in their locker room/office and from the students and other staff members to change or to do some office work...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on April 03, 2008 (boomark / email).