Pubdate: Thu, 14 Nov 2002
Source: Surrey Now (CN BC)
Copyright: 2002 Lower Mainland Publishing Group Inc., A Canwest Company
Contact:  http://www.thenownewspaper.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1462
Author: Stewart Calder

DRUG SEARCHES BY BOARD AN INVASION OF PRIVACY

The Editor,

Re: "Drug dogs turn up opposition," the Now, Nov. 2.

So the Surrey school board is now contemplating instigating random locker 
searches and drug-sniffing dogs, which seems to be another program 
introduced by Heather Stilwell. Isn't Heather Stilwell one of the people 
who helped spend over $1 million of my tax money, unsuccessfully trying to 
ban books?

It was mentioned the RCMP have to get a search warrant to carry out this 
kind of action, so the Surrey school board would use a private security 
company to circumvent the RCMP.

It should be pointed out the reason the RCMP have to get a search warrant 
is because people have an expectation of privacy and we don't need our 
police forces acting like Nazis. This is obviously a principle which will 
not stand in the way of Stilwell and company.

What's next? Strip searches? This will inevitably lead to another court 
case somewhere down the line and there goes another million, which could 
have been spent on education. The fact Stilwell and company are still in 
office is a reflection on the apathy of Surrey voters - we are lucky to get 
20 per cent of the electorate out to vote.

Stewart Calder

Surrey
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