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Subject:Re: Can they legally do that?
From:Mark Mages
Date:Mon, 2 Jul 2001 08:38:49 -0700

Not sure what the legality is, but this is not too
uncommon.  My younger sister and her friends had all
their gear searched in CanyonLands because "Other
people around their age were found with alcohol"

I would've been screaming mad.

Mark
--- Bill N <freeholder@STARBAND.NET> wrote:
> As a first step, call your state park service and
> ask them what their policy
> is about this.  Don't assume that the ranger was
> following policy until you
> find out for sure.  If it is their policy, ask what
> their probable cause was
> for the search.  You may have given them the right
> by renting a campsite.
>
> Bill
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kenneth D Lewis" <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
> >        I was at a state park this weekend and had
> a new experience. I did
> > not witness it but neighbors said a North Carolina
> State Park Ranger
> > searched my truck, tent and cooler. There was no
> "probable cause"; my
> > site was neat and all tags and receipts were
> properly posted.
> >         Ironic; I NEVER lock my truck. I haven't
> had any problems with
> > break-ins but this weekend I had to secure it to
> keep the Ranger out! Who
> > should I report this to?

=====
...and they were frightened and called him the most wild thing of all and made him king of all wild things.
"And now", cried Max, "let the wild rumpus start!"

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