United States v. Speights’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

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1. ““That the failure of the department to prohibit the use of personal locks may have indicated acquiescence in the attempt by the men to secure the privacy of their lockers is only one factor to be considered in this inquiry. This court places equal weight on the fact that the lockers are owned by the department; that they were made available primarily for the storage of police equipment; that a master key was available to superior officers; and that the men, including Speights, knew that most of the lockers could be opened through the use of the master key. Furthermore, I do not lose sight of the fact that these lockers were in a police headquarters. The station house is a place where firearms and am munition may be kept, and contraband secured after it has been confiscated by policemen in the proper performance of their duties. Accordingly, conditions exist that make the necessity of a search far more likely than would be the case in a private dwelling, or even some other place of employment. See Shaffer v. Field, 339 F.Supp. 997 , 1003 (C.D.Cal. 1972), aff’d, 484 F.2d 1196 (9th Cir. 1973).” 413 F.Supp. 1221 , 1223-24.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. United States v. Speights