Common use of Searches and Seizures Clause in Contracts

Searches and Seizures. 1. Any Supervisor finding a Public Safety Officer in possession or control of drugs or contraband, shall immediately notify the Director of Public Safety or, in his absence, the Assistant Director and Deputy Chief of Police or a Lieutenant, and follow existing police procedures regarding the seizures of the evidence. 2. All properties belonging to NJIT’s Public Safety Department are subject to searches at any given time, upon the existence of a state of facts which would rationally indicate that drugs or contraband may be present therein. Such state of facts shall be set forth in a written report, to be filed with the Director of Public Safety within a reasonable amount of time following the search. This warrantless search may occur, without notice, as there is no expectation of privacy in or on NJIT owned property provided for the Public Safety Officer’s storage of clothing and personal effects, unless otherwise specifically authorized in writing by NJIT. 3. Property includes, but is not limited to, NJIT police-owned vehicles, desks, drawers, containers, file cabinets and storage lockers. 4. Lockers that are assigned to department members, including those that may be locked, are also subject to searchers by the Director of Public Safety and/or his designee(s) in the presence of the Public Safety Officers, with or without their permission. There is no expectation of privacy (from the university’s authorized personnel) in said lockers, notwithstanding the allowance of department members to secure their valuables from others. 5. All confiscated items shall be inventoried by the supervisor, invoiced on a Property Evidence Receipt, as investigatory evidence, and placed in a property envelope and delivered to the Newark Police Department. 6. The Supervisor conducting the search shall submit a detailed report to the Director of Public Safety, fully documenting all evidence that supported the existence of a rational suspicion which led to the search. The results of the search shall also be clearly articulated.