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A heartwarming piece about how a police dog did it's duty and found something unexpected. Cute, right? Let's not forget that drug-sniffing dogs are trained to
by schwartzworld 8y ago
A heartwarming piece about how a police dog did it's duty and found something unexpected. Cute, right?
Let's not forget that drug-sniffing dogs are trained to give positive indicators. They don't sniff for drugs, they just give cops probable cause to search your luggage if they want to.
This piece doesn't have the typical copaganda headline, but it's copaganda for sure. Just saying.
- presscast 8y ago>copaganda Your points may be valid (immaterial to my comment), but you're not doing yourself any favors by using such words. It's a red flag for "ideologically-driven zealot".
- thatcat 8y agoCops work is often refered to as duty or service, obviously inflated terms but no one would accuse you of being an ideological zealot for using them. Agenda seems neutral by comparison.
- presscast 8y agoThis is absurd. It's called duty and service because it falls under the category (and I'm being technical here) of a public service for which there are legally-assigned duties (e.g.: assistance to endangered persons).
- schwartzworld 8y agoAm I not supposed to be driven by ideology?
- presscast 8y agoYou're supposed to be reasonable. Phrases like "copaganda" suggest you're not. I'm telling you this to help you be more convincing.
- csomar 8y agoI disagree. The dogs would help reducing random searches or mass searching. So it increases privacy. As far as I know, the dogs can't sit randomly or can't count every tenth person to indicate. The personnel in the airport have limited searching capability. So if dogs are sending some people, it reduces your probability of getting searched.
- Vraxx 8y agoI'm not sure about that. I've seen that police dogs are capable of picking up the bias of the officer(s) they accompany or are trained by due to body language signals and training bias[0]. This can be worked against as the article points out, but the fact that it is a problem has me uncertain that I support their usage without widespread training and protocol that prevents this issue (instead of limited training). Because the personnel in the airport have limited searching capability that fact reduces your probability of being searched, the dogs then increase your probability of being searched if you are a victim of bias expressed by the officer and dog. [0]: https://www.npr.org/2017/11/20/563889510/preventing-police-bias-when-handling-dogs-that-bite https://www.npr.org/2017/11/20/563889510/preventing-police-b...
- presscast 8y agoThis is true in principle, but the parent poster's point is that canine units are intentionally abused to legally justify searches that are otherwise unjustified.
- Nasrudith 8y agoYeah it would - if they weren't effectively four legged probable cause generators which changes in incentives greatly. They sell the same comforting illusion as profiling - don't worry you won't be bothered by our secutity you are good people right?". That message should disturb any student of 20th century history. Also privacy is one area that demonstrates Jevon's paradox but in reverse because you are the resource. Increasing expenses can be the best protection for privacy as it forces attackers to give up.
- maceurt 8y agoWell, for traffic stops they use drug dogs as probable cause to warrant a search.
- DanBC 8y ago> that drug-sniffing dogs are trained to give positive indicators ...in America. Do you have any evidence this happens elsewhere?