Drug dogs will attend Redondo Union High School
Redondo Beach K-9 honored at City Council meeting. Photo . In another split 3-2 decision, the school board approved a memorandum of understanding between the Redondo Beach Unified School District and the City of Redondo Beach regarding the use of narcotic detector dogs at the high school. Both board members Todd Loewenstein and Drew Gamet opposed the decision for a second time. Earlier Loewenstein saw constitutional issues with allowing dogs to sniff personal property and fought to push alternative drug prevention methods. “I think its bad judgment on our part,” said Loewenstein. “We are just showing that we don’t trust kids and it’s a waste of tax payer dollars.” The service would be no cost to the school district, but the city would have to pay the canine officer, two School Resource officers and a Community Based officer a total of $638.91 for each three hour operation. The use of drug dogs was debated earlier by a Drug and Alcohol Community Task Force including police officers, community members, school employees, parents and counseling professionals to address the issues surrounding substance abuse. The group was tasked with creating a plan to reduce drug and alcohol use in…
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