When university staff reasonably fear harm to life, safety, health, property, or have a reasonable suspicion related to a university policy violation, students’ rooms personally assigned spaces (such as housing, lockers, offices, etc.) or property (such as bags and backpacks) on FPU property may be entered/accessed and searched by an official university representative without advance notice. Additionally, when students have violated university policy by having illegal or unauthorized items on campus in spaces that have been assigned to them or in personal belongings, FPU may implement Corrective Measures to ensure that students are in compliance with Residence Life & Housing policies. This may include random unannounced (without advanced notice) checks or searches of those assigned spaces or personal items in those spaces. During break periods, university staff has the right, without advance notice, to enter student rooms or spaces for routine maintenance and inspection. Additionally, when university staff has reasonable suspicion to believe that theft of personal, university or organizational property has occurred, official University representatives, in lieu of civil authorities, may access the student’s room or personal assigned space (i.e., city police presence is not required).
When university staff has entered student rooms and finds items that violate University policy or state, federal, or local laws, those items will be confiscated, and the University has the right to dispose of such items as it sees fit in the University’s sole discretion. For example, prohibited items include, but are not limited to, alcohol, drugs and drug paraphernalia, firearms, fireworks, or other weapons. Students are not entitled to have any such items returned to them once confiscated. Students in possession of such items on campus may be referred to the Restorative Discipline Process. University Representatives may use photographs or videos to document the events and findings of the search. In the event that a student needs to leave the search scene prior to the completion of the search and the scene being released, the student will be asked to empty their pockets and any personal items or bags will be searched. Failure to comply with search processes will result in a minimum Level 2 policy violation, providing the student does not have any prior university policy violation.