Drug Sniffing Dogs Nosing Around New Jersey Schools

More and more schools districts are resorting to drug sniffing dogs to locate drugs secreted in student’s lockers. Opponents of this practice complained that dog searches violate the students rights, and interferes with the environment necessary to educate. Some say the process literally frightens the students to death. Proponent of the practice say that when students see the capabilities of the dogs they will think twice about bringing drugs on to campus.

Trainer and handlers of these drug sniffing dogs claim that they have accuracy rates that range between 85 to 95% . Some school districts will literally conduct a demonstration to impress the students of the dog’s capabilities. These demonstrations have prove to be rather effective.

Most districts do not allow the dogs to search the students, but only lockers and other common areas including parking lots. Searches are conducted randomly. The American Civil Liberties Union has managed to convince some school officials to search suspected lockers outside the presence of law enforcement agents.  

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