Everyone, from the students to the superintendent, can be checked for drugs or other illegal substances…–DR. ROB FLETCHER
LOUISA – This school year will mark the return of some friendly faces to Lawrence County Schools as Cincinnati-based firm K9 Resources will once again provide safety and security inspections of school buildings with specially trained K9 units and highly skilled experienced handlers in order to enhance the learning environment.
Superintendent Dr. Robbie Fletcher was quick to note the benefit of adding to the safety and security of students and staff.
“Mr. Vernon Hall, the staff of K9 Resources, and the Lawrence County Board of Education has worked very hard to reach an agreement for services to take additional steps in providing another layer of safety for our students. Everyone, from the students to the superintendent, can be checked for drugs or other illegal substances through the use of this company. As part of the agreement, no one gets advanced notice of when the group will show up to do a sweep of our schools. It is our hopes that this will deter anyone from bringing undesirable substances onto school property,” Fletcher said.
Lawrence County Schools turned to K9 Resources in order to provide this service due to the firm’s pedigree of success in providing detection of drugs, weapons and other contraband in serving law enforcement, businesses and school systems across a multi-state area.
From the company president Gene Patet: “We’ve worked with the Lawrence County School District to learn the issues that are facing the community and schools and what we will do is implement a tailored approach for the community and schools designed to their needs.”
The experience and history of the company is broad and deep in the area of interdiction and detection of contraband.
From the website of K9 Resources:
“K9 Resources is a privately owned firm with a primary focus on “Safe and Drug Free” Services to LEA, businesses and schools. Proven protocol and procedures are the cornerstones to providing thousands of sweeps annually using multiple canine teams. Our professionals have trained more than 700 local, state and federal officials, 1200 school administrators 5000 teachers and 400 business leaders.
Unlike most, detection work is what we do, all day everyday while working to establish and maintain only the very highest standards using one dog and one handler as one team. We exceed all local, state, and federal requirements to effectively perform all services provided.”
One of the primary benefits of working with K9 Resources is the specially trained canines at their disposal. These are passive detection animals that are prize for their specifically honed sense of smell, their intelligence and their general friendliness in working among and with the public. Patet said all of the dogs employed in the service are rescues.
Again, from the K9 Resources website:
“With rare exception, we train all of our own canines using documented scientific processes to ensure only the highest reliability. Each of our canines work and train daily using only certified materials and substances. Each team is independently certified by outside sources using blind and double blind techniques.”
The service team wouldn’t be complete without the skilled and dedicated handlers, who have years of experience in public law enforcement and spend more than 1,000 hours in specialized handling and certification training in order to perform these tasks efficiently and safely.
