Comments on: Little Found During Daily Drug Dog Searches In Escambia Schools

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:09:43 +0000

there is a difference between public places and private places.

Protecting children is a good thing, not a bad thing.

By: Protect your rights

Protect your rights — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 03:00:07 +0000

Welcome to Nazi Germany!

Next your house!

By: Brady Simmons

Brady Simmons — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:30:59 +0000

This is a good thing, but I think that our elementary aged children need education about drugs. What ever happened to the DARE program? Can’t Sheriff Morgan bring that back to the elementary schools? Education would help more than just having dog searches.

By: huh

huh — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 03:31:21 +0000

only a matter of time before kids are planting weed on other kids they don’t like

By: Angry ewms parent

Angry ewms parent — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 01:15:26 +0000

That is a complete lie that the students are not being searched and are removed from the classroom while the search is being conducted. Mt 11 year old daughter was placed in front of the class while being scanned with a metal detector. She also had her purse and notebook holder searched. Do we not need any regard for our rights as free citizens. A warrant used to be required for search of person or property. Did I mention a policeman and huge dog were in the room while this was being done. She was traumatized. Who do I bill for therapy?

By: Tinkerbell

Tinkerbell — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 23:27:23 +0000

Keep up the great work ECSO! This program is absolutely NOT a waste of time! Drug use is definitely a problem with our young people these days. Don’t our children deserve to be able to go to school to learn without having to deal with some punk sitting next to them in class, high on “who knows what”, or pressuring them to buy/try drugs? This is also an awesome way to keep the
K-9s trained. It is a no-brainer, people! Drugs have been a problem for years and are more rampant now than we can imagine. As a mother of a high school student and another that will be in middle school next year, I want the schools to be searched.

Only the supporters of illegal drug use should have a problem with it.

By: ewms parent

ewms parent — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 23:00:34 +0000

is this what was going on at EWMS today??? my daughter said that they use a metal detector on them and had dogs.. They went through all there bags and here we were the parents waiting on them outside and noone came and told us what was happening.. Sorry, but that is my child and when school is over I want her to come to me…

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:30:25 +0000

REGARDING:
“Don’t all the hours/dollars spent training dogs & officers justify using them only for serious duty, rather than presenting students with the image of a police state, ”

Absolutely. How dare they make sure the schools are not places of illegal commerce?

Police state: country repressively controlled by its government: a country in which the government uses police, especially secret police, to exercise strict or repressive control over the population

Obviously keeping drugs out of schools would be a repressive thing and bad for business

David in a non police state

By: deBugger

deBugger — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:03:12 +0000

Extra employment for the officer? Isn’t that “moonlighting”, and against ECSO policy?

Don’t all the hours/dollars spent training dogs & officers justify using them only for serious duty, rather than presenting students with the image of a police state, while performing these little “shakedowns”?

By: ke

ke — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:12:23 +0000

I would like to retract the comments I made earlier-these old eyes of mine misread the log of search results-I should have used the enlarge option provided.
Great job-I support keeping our schools drug free