In re J.C. CA1/2

BACKGROUND

The Facts2 On March 11, 2020, the staff of San Rafael High School received a call from a senior home located three or four blocks away from the school with a report that students were smoking near the home and that the smell of marijuana was entering the home. The call came in after the lunch hour, approximately when afternoon classes were starting. Bennie Johnson, the school’s head officer of campus security, left the campus to investigate the report. As Johnson walked toward the senior home, he saw four to five male San Rafael High School students on the street, one of whom he identified as J.C. As the group of students crossed Johnson’s path, Johnson yelled to them stating, “[G]entlemen, I need you to come with me, come this way.” The students did not respond, continued to walk away from Johnson and toward the school, and then started to run. At this point, the students were late for their afternoon class. When Johnson returned to the campus, he did not immediately pursue J.C. and the other students; instead, he went to the counseling office to look up their class schedules. Johnson then went into the classrooms where the students were, removed each of them,…