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Superintendent proposes off‑duty detection-dog sweeps at secondary campuses; board discussion focuses on privacy, disruption and cost
Summary
WFISD officials described a proposed paid partnership with a Dallas–Fort Worth K‑9 vendor to perform unannounced, minimally disruptive sweeps for narcotics and weapons at secondary campuses; the district proposed six to sixteen visits per year at $500 per visit (about $8,000 annually).
District leadership presented a proposal to contract with a private K‑9 vendor to conduct unannounced, noninvasive sweeps at secondary campuses to detect illegal drugs and weapons.
The district said the vendor, based in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, specializes in school K‑9 operations and has handlers with law-enforcement experience. Staff told the board the intended scope is secondary campuses only (middle and high schools and the CEC) and that sweeps would focus on common areas, lockers and parking lots rather than…
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