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Cops need a reasonable suspicion to search your vehicle or belongings. And an easy way of claiming they have one is having dogs point at things, usually on com
by 29athrowaway 6y ago
Cops need a reasonable suspicion to search your vehicle or belongings.
And an easy way of claiming they have one is having dogs point at things, usually on command. It's a legal loophole.
Other tricks include claiming you have a slurred speech, or that they smelled alcohol breath or marijuana.
Then they can search your stuff, find nothing and say it's a false positive.
- throwaway2245 6y agoHaving dogs point at things is already (or should be) "search".
- koolk3ychain 6y agoIn many states, a dog indicating is used as the threshold of probable cause.