serpicostraight
Shooter
- Aug 14, 2009
- 1,951
- 36
i know what you mean. cops telling the truth sent a shiver up my spine. im not sure whether to be proud or nervous.Using RICO against the government is very very interesting. I know it will not stick in a criminal setting but I hope civil. It is funny that they are admitting K9s are being used like that.
i know what you mean. cops telling the truth sent a shiver up my spine. im not sure whether to be proud or nervous.
That's an impossible task for several reasons. I would still like to hear your proposal though.I still think the best way to truncate the nonsense of the Infallible Dog is to make the cops keep batting averages for Officer Chompy.
Right now the cops are testifying that the dogs are perfect and the range of drugs is expanding. I have a heavy presumptiong against new legislation but feel something must be done by the General Assembly on dog sniffs--they are getting silly.
Why?!That's an impossible task for several reasons. I would still like to hear your proposal though.
That's an impossible task for several reasons.
That's an impossible task for several reasons. I would still like to hear your proposal though.
Absolutely no different than me tracking the hits of an Explosive K9...Dealing specifically with drugs and vehicles is different because first, smoking weed in a car for example will cause a dog to indicate positively for the presence of drugs, even though there are no longer drugs in the vehicle. Would that be considered a false indication? Second, in the case of trafficking large amounts, there could have been a large amount in the vehicle hours before and the dog will indicate correctly for the presence of drugs. I took 100 pounds out of a cadillac once and dogs would hit on the car for weeks afterward. Third, in trafficking, I have seen hidden compartments that 99% of cops wouldn't find and there were numerous kilos of cocaine inside. So, just because the cop doesn't find it doesn't mean it isn't there. In each of these cases the dog is doing its job correctly. Probable cause to search a vehicle doesn't mean you know for sure there is dope only that it is probable.
I don't disagree that reform is needed, but you're barking up the wrong tree. A standardized certification through the state is what's need. That way you can certify to a certain degree of proficiency using known, or unknown, amounts and remove the uncertainty of field work.
what would be the motivation for accountability?
Money. If the police do not comply, then we take their funding.
Yeah, I would think that would be the same, except maybe less margin for error on your part.Absolutely no different than me tracking the hits of an Explosive K9...
Except I do not have a Badge...