No drugs found in Edgerton search
EDGERTON — Edgerton High School officials came up empty on a drug search Wednesday morning.
Six dogs from several police departments went through the school and parking lot looking for drugs, Principal Mark Coombs said. The dogs indicated nine "hits"—six on lockers and three on vehicles—but no drugs were found.
"We're very happy about that," Coombs said.
It was the first canine search this year, but the school has done random searches before, he said.
"The big reason why we do these searches is to make sure our campus is safe and primarily safe of drugs," Coombs said.
Students were kept in their classrooms for about 45 minutes while the search went on, Coombs said.
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Oct 30, 2009 at 3:37 p.m.
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more money spent in this war on drugs that would have been better off being used for...well anything
did the dogs hit on any alcohol in the trunks of cars?? we should worry about that since that drug is the most abused drug in the country and responsible for thousands more deaths ever year...
Oct 30, 2009 at 3:19 p.m.
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Not to state the obvious, but the "hits" were probably the smell of drugs on clothes or other articles...like smoking a joint on the way to school. This way the school can somewhat confirm their suspicions on kids they believe to be using....weed. Thats about it. I doubt any residue from any other drug would produce a "hit" from a dog unless there were actually drugs present. Congrats, you just spent a few thousand dollars to confirm who smokes a joint or not. Wanna try to tackle some real problems...like the drug dealers maybe?
Oct 30, 2009 at 1:55 p.m.
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nine hits and notta found hmmmmmmm interesting are the dogs losing their sense of smell due to contact highs to often? OR was it homemade cookies in their lunch? or was it last years kids that left the trace of the cookies?
Oct 30, 2009 at 11:57 a.m.
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well when are you supposed to hunt witches, if not at halloween
Oct 29, 2009 at 4:41 p.m.
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The witch hunt continues.
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