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If your goal is to reliably manufacture probable cause on demand $60k for some glorified dowsing rods is a hell of a lot better than multiples of that for a tra
by throwaway0a5e 5y ago
If your goal is to reliably manufacture probable cause on demand $60k for some glorified dowsing rods is a hell of a lot better than multiples of that for a trained dog that requires a "handler" and isn't as reliable.
- samhw 5y agoThe police literally said as much, in the Wikipedia article for a similar device, the Quadro Tracker (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadro_Tracker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadro_Tracker), which hilariously "could detect hidden drugs, explosives, weapons and lost golf balls": > The Jefferson County, Texas narcotics task force spent $3,250 on a Quadro Tracker. The task force's commander later said: "We played with it in the office and got mixed results. Sometimes we'd find something, sometimes not. Our rate of success was about half. I think it was either blind luck or a ouija board effect. It's not near as consistent as (drug-sniffing) dogs, but there are no vet bills."[13]