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That's still a false positive. Dogs are ostensibly trained to distinguish between a lingering odor (or "residue") and actual material. So the dog, we're told,
by jMyles 11y ago
That's still a false positive. Dogs are ostensibly trained to distinguish between a lingering odor (or "residue") and actual material. So the dog, we're told, indicated because of "residue," falsely giving a positive indication for material.
- pandaman 11y ago>Dogs are ostensibly trained to distinguish between a lingering odor (or "residue") and actual material. Have you got any citation for this? I am wondering how is it even possible.
- jMyles 11y agoRadley Balko writes that he learned this from Gene Papet, a professional trainer of K9 unit dogs. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/radley-balko/supreme-court-considers-t_1_b_2063820.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/radley-balko/supreme-court-con...
- ghshephard 11y agoThat would be pretty challenging, particularly as weed in transit is often double-vacuum packed and stored in boxes containing coffee beans to (try) and elude drug sniffing dogs. I can't even conceive how you could train a dog to distinguish between lingering/residue in that scenario.
- Houshalter 11y agoI think he meant users that have a joint in their pocket or something. Not experienced criminal operations that know about the dogs and are trying to evade them.