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Dogs search Rice Lake, Barron school buildings
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02/03/2012
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Four local K-9 units from the Barron County Sheriff's Department, St. Croix Tribal Police Department Barron Police Department and Rice Lake Police Department worked in partnership on Thursday, Jan. 26, to conduct a drug search of Barron High School and Middle School and Rice Lake High School. One violation was found, a marijuana pipe found at Barron High School belonging to a 10th grader.
"Our local law enforcement partners with schools in many areas and we appreciate their assistance," Barron Areas Schools District Administrator Monti Hallberg said. "The K-9 services from time to time at each of our Barron County schools is something that does make a difference and helps keep our schools drug free. This level of partnership is very rare and something you don't find in each of our small town communities. We appreciate the work that our local law enforcement does," he added.
Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said, "We provide drug prevention information as well as use our K-9 Units in Barron County from time to time to do a walk-through of our schools in search of drugs. This often serves as more of a deterrent than finding drugs in schools."
The police dogs participating were Dixie, the Barron County K-9; Ferdo, the St. Croix Tribal K-9; Blitz, the Barron Police Department K-9; and Robbie, the Rice Lake Police Department K-9.
Blitz, who is 2 years old, recently underwent extensive drug training in St. Paul, said his handler, Officer Nathan Emmons of the Barron Police Department. The dog did very well in training, but did not pass the "final exam" that would have fully certified him as a drug-sniffing dog. The problem was not with his nose, Emmons said, but that he has a very high motivation to search for people, based on his earlier training to help locate humans such as missing children, or elderly persons who are disoriented and might have walked away from a residence.
Blitz was distracted by the people scents, Emmons said, and did not pass the test on his initial attempt. Emmons has been working with Blitz himself, along with other local K-9s and their handers, and he is confident Blitz will be able to detect the necessary drugs and pass the certification test in March, when he is expected to be retested.
Blitz did a good job with the other K-9s during the school searches, Emmons said, and he was qualified to participate on a limited basis because other drug-test certified dogs were also present. The schools were in lock-down mode during the searches, with no students or faculty present in the hallways to minimize liability issues should someone get bitten, Emmons said.
Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said of the school searches, "While we found a violation in the Barron school, it is important to understand this is much less than 1% of the kids in the school, showing that our kids are making the right choices. While we are concerned about our youth and the availability of illegal drugs, we are happy with today's results."
"This is only one factor in putting a stop to the use of illegal drugs by our youth. The next step is for families to talk about the dangers of drug use and report any illegal activity to local law enforcement. Remember, what you are doing might save a life," Sheriff Fitzgerald said. Use the Text to Tip Line to report any non-emergency information, 100% anonymous, he added.
Text your tip to 847411 (Tip411) and in the message put BCTIPS and the information, or contact your parent, teacher or law enforcement officer.
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