An unusual but routine security activity took place at the Lyman Gilmore Middle School in Grass Valley Thursday morning. According to Gilmore Assistant Principal Chris Roberts, school officials had a specially trained police dog on campus.
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The contraband dog can detect many items including, drugs, alcohol, weapons, and gunpowder as well as other scents.
Bringing the little black lab was a proactive measure to improve school safety.
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Bringing the dog on campus can be done several times a year. Roberts says they will do it often enough for the community to feel kids are safe at Gilmore.
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The dog made its rounds through each classroom of the school and out of all the rooms it only had one hit- the residual scent of aspirin.