Often you need to move very swiftly to get the story. Lopez said the main thing the revised policy does is make sure questioning by an administrator is done separately from questioning by a police officer. The disciplinary policies don't require a school official to read students their Miranda rights or require that students understand they can exercise their Fifth Amendment right to refuse comment and not incriminate themselves. Any information obtained in a school interrogation may be given to police for use in a criminal charge against the student. If they were to wait while parents are called, important evidence could be lost.
Due process is there for any kind of serious action.
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