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20/04/2005
Study recommends use of sniffer dogs in schools
Sniffer dogs should be used in order to stop drugs being brought into Britain’s schools, a study has recommended.
The John Grieve Centre for Policing and Community Safety conducted the study, following a pilot scheme in six secondary schools in Buckinghamshire.
The scheme was evaluated by criminologists, reported to be “very successful” and recommended to be extended into other schools.
The pilot scheme involved the use of dogs to search buildings and classrooms, while others were stationed at school gates in order to detect whether or not pupils were carrying, or had handled, drugs.
The report also recommended a “robust disciplinary procedure” for any pupil found to have drugs in their possession, as well as rehabilitation and counselling.
Professor Allyson MacVean, who led the research into the pilot scheme, said that sniffer dogs should be used as part of an anti-drugs strategy in every school.
A study conducted by Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College reported a positive response for the use of sniffer dogs. The study found that almost all parents questioned (98%) supported the scheme and it was also strongly supported by school staff (92%) and pupils (82%).
Sniffer dogs were introduced on some school buses in South Yorkshire, last year, in order to conduct random drug checks, while earlier this year, random drugs testing for pupils was introduced at the Abbey School in Faversham, Kent.
(KMcA/GB)
The John Grieve Centre for Policing and Community Safety conducted the study, following a pilot scheme in six secondary schools in Buckinghamshire.
The scheme was evaluated by criminologists, reported to be “very successful” and recommended to be extended into other schools.
The pilot scheme involved the use of dogs to search buildings and classrooms, while others were stationed at school gates in order to detect whether or not pupils were carrying, or had handled, drugs.
The report also recommended a “robust disciplinary procedure” for any pupil found to have drugs in their possession, as well as rehabilitation and counselling.
Professor Allyson MacVean, who led the research into the pilot scheme, said that sniffer dogs should be used as part of an anti-drugs strategy in every school.
A study conducted by Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College reported a positive response for the use of sniffer dogs. The study found that almost all parents questioned (98%) supported the scheme and it was also strongly supported by school staff (92%) and pupils (82%).
Sniffer dogs were introduced on some school buses in South Yorkshire, last year, in order to conduct random drug checks, while earlier this year, random drugs testing for pupils was introduced at the Abbey School in Faversham, Kent.
(KMcA/GB)
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