GATOR THE POLICE DOG IS ON MY DOG BISCUIT LIST

Dear Editor,

Please help me get this straight. We have a parent of a school student
complaining that a trained police dog - a highly trained police dog - on a
leash and under the control of a highly trained police officer could be
strolling down a school hallway, when all of the students are in their
classes. This dog will have the opportunity to identify a locker belonging
to School District 79, and being used by a student, that contains drugs.
These drugs are either for the consumption of the student borrowing this
locker or for the sale of the drugs to other students.

Is this individual under the impression that Gator would ignore the
tantalizing aroma if it stemmed from the teachers lounge? I think not. Nor
would I think the officer would ignore the signal from Gator.

Schools are institutes of learning. They should teach such things as
reading, writing, and arithmetic, though they all have other names now.
They should teach self-control, discipline and respect for one's self and
others. They should teach basic human rights such as the right to food,
shelter, love and medical aid. They should teach respect for the law and
the heritage that was bought for such a high price by our ancestors. They
should be free of bullies, intimidation and drugs.

The teachers have a hard enough time teaching to classes full of
individuals that come from homes where it is taught that if it feels good
do it, to hell with the other guy and to hell with the law. They do not
need students sitting in class stoned or to have to deal with the other
side effects of this drug culture, the fights, the bullying, the extortion,
the stealing and the overdose emergencies.

If Mr. Spencer is worried about a kid's stash being discovered by an
employee of the government on school property, maybe he should provide a
safe place for the child to stash the collection at his home.

Permissive people who bend our laws to suit themselves are a threat to
peace and decency.

I have rights too Mr. Spencer. I have a right to send my child to school
and not be afraid that he or his teacher will be shot by some pot head who
is mad that they didn't get an A in Algebra. (Incidentally what is your
stand on weapons in these lockers. Is that a student's constitutional right
as well?)

My child has a right to a public education, without dopers disrupting every
class. Our community has a right to not have the violence and crime that
the need for drug money stimulates. You have a right, too Mr. Spencer. You
have a right to raise your child. My fear is what you are raising her into.
Gator is on my dog biscuit list.

Patty-Anne Lea

Saltair