"After complaints from parents and students, police in Goose Creek, South Carolina, defended their decision Friday to send a team of officers, some with guns drawn, into a high school earlier this week for a drug raid that turned up no drugs.

And check this out:

"A canine unit was brought in and the dog responded positively to 12 book bags, which were then searched by school officials, said David Barrow, secondary school supervisor for the Berkeley School District. But no drugs were found and no arrests were made.

If the drug dog is that inaccurate, doesn't that call into question the ability of police to use dogs as a tool to do a search?

I'm thinking about going to the next public meeting of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to complain about this craziness. The meeting details are in the extened entry below.

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OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

Meeting of the Advisory Commission on Drug Free Communities

AGENCY: Office of National Drug Control Policy.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Drug-Free Communities Act, a meeting of
the Advisory Commission on Drug Free Communities will be held on
December 11 & 12, 2003 at the Office of National Drug Control Policy in
the 5th Floor Conference Room, 750 17th Street NW., Washington, DC. The
meeting will commence at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 11, 2003 and
adjourn for the evening at 4:30 p.m. The meeting will reconvene at 8:30
a.m. on Friday, December 12, 2003 and adjourn at 1:30 p.m. The agenda
will include: Remarks by ONDCP Director John P. Walters; updates on the
Drug Free Communities Program; the National Youth Anti-Drug Media
Campaign; and the National Anti-Drug Coalition Institute. There will be
an opportunity for public comment from 11:30 a.m. until 12 noon on
Thursday, December 11, 2003. Members of the public who wish to attend
the meeting and/or make public comment should contact Stella Price at
(202) 395-3617 to arrange building access.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Petersen, (202) 395-6622.

Dated: November 3, 2003.
Daniel Petersen,
Assistant General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 03-27912 Filed 11-5-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3180-02-P

So kids get suspended from school for carrying ''dangerous'' things like nail clippers, but it's perfectly OK for cops to come in a school wielding deadly weapons. Yeah, makes a whole lot of sense.