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.