Pubdate: Fri, 17 Mar 2006
Source: Fort Madison Daily Democrat (IA)
Copyright: 2006 The Democrat Company
Contact:  http://www.dailydem.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1062

K-9 UNITS SEARCH FM SCHOOLS; NO DRUGS FOUND

K-9 units searched the Fort Madison High and Fort Madison Middle 
School for drugs on Wednesday.

According to Christine Niggemeyer, the liaison coordinator between 
the Iowa State Penitentiary, the Fort Madison Police Department and 
the Fort Madison school system, the dogs spent a half hour in the 
morning at the high school before moving on to the middle school.

Search teams used the dogs to sniff lockers and the trunks of cars in 
the parking lots.

However, no drugs were found according to Niggemeyer. Rather, the 
dogs had several "hits," which she said indicated that drugs had been 
present recently.

Niggemeyer said that usually there is one search per year, but that 
she hopes to increase that number with the continued support of the 
ISP and the school system.

She said that the walk-throughs, which occur at random and are kept 
secret until the day of, are a good deterrent
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