Pubdate: Wed, 24 Mar 2004
Source: Calgary Herald (CN AB)
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Copyright: 2004 Calgary Herald
Contact:  http://www.canada.com/calgary/calgaryherald/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/66
Author: CanWest News Services

SCHOOL BOARD JUST SAYS NO TO DRUG-SNIFFING DOGS

Drug-sniffing dogs won't be spot-checking Calgary schools any time soon, the
public board says.

A suggestion by Learning Minister Lyle Oberg to consider funding police dogs
to regularly search for illegal drugs in schools, as a St. Albert school and
RCMP detachment are doing, is not being considered in Calgary.

"We would need just cause to use the K-9 service to have belief that a
student had an illegal substance in their possession or in their locker,"
said Calgary Board of Education spokesman Graham White, adding the board has
its own search procedures and the large public high schools would be hard to
search on a regular basis. "We haven't considered it and it's not practical
for us." 
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