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# Man’s best friend may not be students’ Associated Press Writer
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/mans-best-friend-may-not-be-students-associated-press-writer/
- Published: 2006-03-10T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T17:20:34.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*Students being hounded about drugs in more and more schools* tion of finding huge amounts of drugs. But we want to be proactive and do what we can to keep our schools safe.”

Other school districts also use drug-sniffing dogs, including Inland Empire schools in Alvord, Banning, Beaumont, Barstow, Corona-Norco, Fontana, Jurupa, Redlands, Rialto, Riverside, Temecula, Upland and Victor Valley.

“Students have to think there is a possibility they will get caught,” Hovey said. “You want the searches to be something they think about and expect.”

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 10, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/031006.pdf?ref=smdp.com)