Dear Editor,

Please help me get this straight. We have a parent of a school student complaining that a trained police dog - a highly trained police dog - on a leash and under the control of a highly trained police officer could be strolling down a school hallway, when all of the students are in their classes. This dog will have the opportunity to identify a locker belonging to School District 79, and being used by a student, that contains drugs. These drugs are either for the consumption of the student borrowing this locker or for the sale of the drugs to other students.

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