Pubdate: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 Source: Hartford Courant (CT) Copyright: 2006 The Hartford Courant Contact: http://www.courant.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/183 Author: David Owens, Courant Staff Writer Note: MAP archives articles exactly as published, except that our editors may redact the names and addresses of accused persons who have not been convicted of a crime, if those named are not otherwise public figures or officials. Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?225 (Students - United States) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?237 (Drug Dogs) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Marijuana) DRUG-SNIFFING CANINES LOCATE MARIJUANA IN STUDENT'S CAR VERNON -- School administrators invited police and a team of drug-sniffing dogs into Rockville High School Friday and the dogs detected no drugs inside the school. One of the four police dogs did detect marijuana in a student's car in the school parking lot, and that student was arrested. Friday's exercise was the first time school officials used a relatively new board of education policy to check the school for illegal substances. "The board of education last spring passed a policy for the use of trained dogs to search on school property," Rockville High School Principal Brian Levesque said. Friday "was the first time we actually implemented that policy." School officials alerted students and parents to the policy and made it clear that at some point, dogs would be brought into the school to search for contraband, Levesque said. Friday's search was unannounced. "We were pleased with how this went," said Richard Paskiewicz, the interim superintendent of schools. "We have a good working relationship with [police] we will do this again." The four dogs that searched the building came from the Vernon and Manchester police departments and the U.S. Customs Service, Vernon police Lt. Brian Smith said. The student whose car was found to contain marijuana was identified as [name redacted], a senior, who was charged with possession of less than 4 ounces of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, police said. He was released on bond. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake