Police search students’ cars for drugs
Waupaca police officers, assisted by a canine, performed a sweep of vehicles in the Waupaca High School parking lot today (Thursday).
The canine found six violations, including possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of residual amounts of marijuana and possession of alcohol.
Municipal ordinance citations are being issues to the students, who range in age from 16 to 18.
Waupaca police were joined in their sweep by Waupaca School District staff and officers from the Portage and Adams County Sheriff’s Departments and the Marshfield Police Department.
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10 Comments for "Police search students’ cars for drugs"
Did they search the employees' cars? If not, why not?
[quote]The canine found six violations, including possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of residual amounts of marijuana and possession of alcohol.[/quote]
I suspect that if you searched 300 random vehicles in a [u]church[/u] parking lot, you'd find the exact same violations.
[quote]Waupaca police were joined in their sweep by Waupaca School District staff and officers from the Portage and Adams County Sheriff’s Departments and the Marshfield Police Department.[/quote]
Were they expecting resistance? You mean K-9 "officers", probably.
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This is a poorly disguised attempt by the school district to mitigate its BLATANT disregard for student safety, as demonstrated by its failure to call police as soon as they knew a firearm had been brought on campus.
lastpercentile May 03, 2012 4:19 PM
jonski41 May 03, 2012 11:33 PM
[b]I suspect that if you searched 300 random vehicles in a church parking lot, you'd find the exact same violations.[/b]
-I don't believe drugs at church is a growing problem, like drugs at school is.
[b]Were they expecting resistance? You mean K-9 "officers", probably.[/b]
-Obviously
[b]Did they search the employees' cars? If not, why not?[/b]
-Dang it all anyway, you busted those coppers slacking again.
independenthinker May 03, 2012 11:54 PM
"residual amounts of marijuana" do not constitute a growing drug problem.
[quote]you busted those coppers slacking again[/quote]
Assuming (as you have): 1) there is a growing drug problem in the high school, 2) the drugs are being transported in vehicles, and 3) that the searching innocent car-owners' vehicles is legally justified...why wouldn't you search EVERY vehicle on the campus?
In the history of the world, none of these "school sweeps" has ever identified a real drug dealer. Usually, because the students find out about it ahead of time, so even the weekend dealer knows to get rid of his stash (for a couple of days).
lastpercentile May 04, 2012 9:22 AM
trh13 May 04, 2012 6:53 PM
But were they searched?
lastpercentile May 04, 2012 7:04 PM
independenthinker May 04, 2012 11:04 PM
Wondern May 05, 2012 2:24 PM
bhw1038 May 11, 2012 4:14 PM
bhw1038 May 11, 2012 4:23 PM