Mom Talk: Should Drug Dogs Be Used at Redondo Union?

The Redondo Beach Board of Education is set to consider whether to .

The district's Drug and Alcohol Community task force recommended in March that the high school regularly use a dog to search for drugs in lockers, backpacks or student parking lots.

Some say the dog would work as an effective deterrent to bringing drugs onto campus; however, others believe it would simply force drug use off-campus.

Mira Costa High School and Manhattan Beach Middle School employ drug-sniffing dogs, and the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District is considering bringing a dog onto the campus of Palos Verdes High School.