Probable cause on four legs':

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9587301/amp/Police-dog-sniffed-drugs-traffic-stop-officers-narcotics-29.html
Published: May 18, 2021
Author: staff
Post Date: 2021-05-18 23:31:04 by Horse
Views: 262

How one police force's K-9 Karma INCORRECTLY 'sniffed' drugs at 100% of traffic stops - letting cops impound vehicles, jail innocent drivers and undercut due process.

Karma, a K-9 in Republic, Washington, would give the signal for drugs every time.

But he was often giving the signal regardless of whether drugs were present/

Sniffer dogs give officers probable cause to make arrests and seize vehicles.

This has led to people being jailed, despite not having anything illegal in their car

A drug sniffing police dog in Washington indicated narcotics were inside 100 percent of the vehicles it sniffed, but police found drugs in just 29 percent of them.

Karma, a K-9 with the since-dissolved Republic Police Department operating near Washington state's border with Canada, would give the signal to police officers that every vehicle he sniffed was carrying drugs.

The signal - Karma sitting down when his police handler pointed to a vehicle's rear panel with the palm of their hand - would be given regardless of whether the driver possessed illegal narcotics or not.

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#1: NeoconsNailed    To: Horse (#0)

That's really rotten -- did the donut dippers even check whether the dog was right or not?

NeoconsNailed posted on 2021-05-19 00:45:37   Reply   Private Reply

#2: Darkwing    To: Horse (#0)

End the war on drugs, tell people if you take drugs, it is your problem, problem solved. BTW: the Gestapo do this because it is easy and they get money.

Darkwing posted on 2021-05-19 07:10:42   Reply   Private Reply

#3: Horse    To: NeoconsNailed (#1)

I saw this elsewhere. A deputy would pound a car and the deputy would tell the driver that the barking dog was probable cause for a search.

Horse posted on 2021-05-19 07:39:00   Reply   Private Reply

#4: NeoconsNailed    To: Horse (#3)

Just great.

NeoconsNailed posted on 2021-05-19 09:01:11   Reply   Private Reply