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Originally Posted by calculoso
- The school was known from the time the "new" principal came to the school, albeit two years before the "search". I have a problem with the length of time from when the principal granted the open invite to the police to enter the school, but I don't have a problem with a random drug "search" (ie: dogs to sniff the air around the school) when invited by the school principal. Going into someone's personal property - opening bags or lockers - I would be against... but not the dog sniff test.
- The bus depot was suspected as a location where drugs were being transported. I think they had every right to be there with their dogs. They didn't open up any bags without permission, and to get warrants for every person in the place would have been an impossible (and unreasonable) task.
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I think part of the problem is that everyone is less offended by the unreasonableness of the "search" because its a cute cuddly police dog. How can anyone be offended by a dog?
What the police dog does is not substantially different in its effect then what the police do when they pat you down. The dog is patting you down with its nose to see if you are carrying drugs.
Would you be offended if you were walking around a bus station and a police officer patted you down because you looked at him funny? Or if the police came by to your school one day and patted everyone down? I'm sure some parents would have something to say about it.
What if they didn't even go that far and a Police officer with a particularly keen sense of smell comes by and asks all the kids to stay in their rooms because he wants to smell everyone for drugs. Not looking for anyone specific, but the principal has invited him so he is taking him up on his offer since he heard there are a few stoners at this school. Besides the fact that it would look ridiculous I think the sense of outrage would be considerable.