Why Dogs Should Not Be Allowed In Schools

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Some school districts in the United states allow police officers with drug sniffing dogs to make occasional, unannounced visits to high schools to teach school property, including student lockers, that the dogs identify as suspicious. Some people believe that these dog searches are necessary, and others think we deserve our privacy and that it shouldn't be allowed. do you think dogs should be able to search your property? I believe that drug sniffing dogs are a good thing in schools because it keeps the students and staff members safe, and just creates a better enviournment for everyone. The people who oppose this topic say they feel like they don't have any privacy! Some argue that this goes against the 4th amendment which states, "The right …show more content…
With these random searches if they find a weapon in your car its an automatic suspension and they think thats wrong. So overall the people who oppose think that these people should not be allowed to search our person property at random. I look at what the people say that are against this topic and think those are all really good points but they aren't looking at the bigger picture which is safety. Yes I understand they go through our personal stuff but if they invade our privacy a little bit and it safes a life or is protecting someone isn't it worth it? I believe that random drug searches should continue to be allowed in schools for the simple fact of keeping our school envirounment a safer place. If we took away this rule our school grounds would become a free for all! So my overall opinion is that random searches are necessary and should continue to be a rule in order to keep us safe. In conclusion, schools have been having random drug searches and this has raised to be a big controversy. The opinions are split pretty evenly some believe its wrong and is invading our privacy and others believe its necessary to keep everyone

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