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The article only discusses that the handler gives the dog treats for alerting, it doesn't go into the motivations about that, whether they're because the office
by mejari 11y ago
The article only discusses that the handler gives the dog treats for alerting, it doesn't go into the motivations about that, whether they're because the officers aren't considering the Pavlovian conditioning involved and are accidentally reinforcing such behavior or if it's intentional.
- kd0amg 11y agoDoes the motivation matter when we're talking about whether it establishes sufficient justification for searching someone's car? After a clear flaw is pointed out, a response of "We didn't mean to ruin the statistical power of this test" wouldn't do much to restore my confidence in its results.
- mejari 11y agoI was specifically responding to this comment >This is done to get probable cause for a search when there is nothing more than an officer's hunch or just a desire to hassle a particular individual. that claims that this is done purposefully. That's what I was wondering about, not the overall efficacy of drug dogs.