Please do not kick the gun-sniffing dogs

Iwas horrified and disgusted by the quote attributed to Rosalind Osgood, the chairwoman of the Broward County School Board regarding the use of a highly trained dog to detect guns and ammunition on school campuses [“Gun-sniffing dog approved for some Broward schools,” Dec. 15]: “I can tell you if I’m in a school and this dog comes near me, I’m going to start kicking it.” Is this an appropriate signal to send to students — kick a dog that is being employed to enhance the safety of the schools? I would hope that theHumane Society of Broward County and similar organizations express their condemnation of this atrocious statement. We don’twant to see any such dog harmed in a school by a student following Osgood’s outrageous recommendation as quoted.

ArthurBernstein, BocaRaton