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What they should be required to do is keep records on a dog's record of false positives. If a dog fails to perform better than 95% I see no reason to use that
by dghlsakjg 5y ago
What they should be required to do is keep records on a dog's record of false positives.
If a dog fails to perform better than 95% I see no reason to use that as probable cause.
Better yet, let's just get rid of pretext stops. Almost all traffic stops could be dealt with by the officer mailing a ticket. Safer for cops, safer for the public, but a lot harder to go fishing for felonies
- giantg2 5y agoThey treat K9s almost like officers (eg if you injure or kill one it will be a felony, likely similar to assaulting an officer, but varies by state). They should also then treat them like officers and keep Giglio records (not that they are good at that for human officers...).
- anigbrowl 5y agoUnless you're a cop, in which it's usually just a minor disciplinary infraction.
- p_j_w 5y agoThe Supreme Court ruled, unanimously, that this sort of thing isn't required: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_v._Harris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_v._Harris It's going to take actual legislation to get this fixed, which is not something I think we have any reason to be optimistic about.