[knight0334]

He was definitely trespassing. The officer was acting in behalf of the school, the reporter's failure to comply made it criminal trespassing.

FL's trespass law is very similar to ours in PA, except FL's goes a step farther to include some signs, fences and structures to serve as first warning - thus making any trespass as criminal(high misdemeanor and felony).

Examples:

1a. Walk into any yard, land owner asks you to leave, you fail to = summary trespassing
1b. landowner asks you to leave in front of LEO, or has LEO to ask you to leave, or LEO has primary duty to secure properties, you fail to leave = misd to felony trespass

2a. property has 6ft high wall or fence, you jump over = misd-to-felony trespass
2b. property has signs of certain criteria posted so high at so many feet between, you enter property = misd-to-felony trespass.

The school's property can and could have extended to the center of the road, with only a high-way right-of-way permitting a roadbed.