Red Ribbon Week targets drugs in schools - Redlands Daily Facts:
"Several times a year, security officers accompanied by drug-sniffing dogs show up in classrooms in the Rialto Unified School District to look for drugs in students' backpacks and desks.
On the random searches, they find everything from pipes and other paraphernalia to the students' apparent drug of choice - marijuana.
'The finds are always disturbing, because it is our responsibility to keep kids safe,' said Jerry Sturmer, director of educational safety and security for the Rialto school district. 'I don't want to see any of my kids get hurt.'
In the Rialto district, where there have been 755 drug possession incidents in the last five years, random canine searches are done to detect gunpowder, alcohol or drugs in students' backpacks or desks."
"Several times a year, security officers accompanied by drug-sniffing dogs show up in classrooms in the Rialto Unified School District to look for drugs in students' backpacks and desks.
On the random searches, they find everything from pipes and other paraphernalia to the students' apparent drug of choice - marijuana.
'The finds are always disturbing, because it is our responsibility to keep kids safe,' said Jerry Sturmer, director of educational safety and security for the Rialto school district. 'I don't want to see any of my kids get hurt.'
In the Rialto district, where there have been 755 drug possession incidents in the last five years, random canine searches are done to detect gunpowder, alcohol or drugs in students' backpacks or desks."