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Weapons
No person shall possess a knife, cutting instrument, weapon or dangerous weapon while s/he is either on school property or while s/he is participating in a school sponsored activity. This Policy does not apply to either law enforcement officers who are acting within the scope of their employment or to persons to whom the PRINCIPAL or her/his designee has given prior approval to possess a knife, a cutting instrument, weapon or dangerous weapon when such possession has been determined by the PRINCIPAL or her/his designee to have a legitimate purpose.
Weapon — means a device, instrument, material or substance, animate or inanimate, that is used for or is readily capable of causing death or serious bodily injury.
Dangerous weapon - means any firearm, whether loaded or unloaded; any device designed as a weapon and capable of producing death or great bodily harm; any electric weapon or any other device or instrumentality which, in the manner it is used or intended to be used, is calculated or likely to produce death or great bodily harm.
Great bodily harm - means bodily injury which creates a substantial risk of death, or which causes serious permanent disfigurement, or which causes a permanent or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ or other serious bodily injury.
Knife — refers to all types of knives, without regard to blade length.
Cutting Instrument — refers to all objects that have as their primary intended purpose being an object utilized to cut something (e.g., box cutter, carpet cutter, razor blades, straight razor).
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Weapons
s. 939.22 (10) and (14), s. 948.61
8/26/02