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I'm wondering if the Indiana police train their drug dogs with the scent of cash as well.
by bb88 2y ago
I'm wondering if the Indiana police train their drug dogs with the scent of cash as well.
- more_corn 2y agoAll contraband dogs are trained to alert on cash.
- eru 2y agoSounds plausible, but do you have any sources?
- standardUser 2y agoDogs absolutely can be and are trained to detect cash. A better question might be, what can't dogs be trained to sniff out? https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/meet-currency-detector-dog-made-2-4m-canadian-government/ https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/meet-currency-detecto...
- vincnetas 2y agoLSD?
- youainti 2y agoCocaine and rabbits blood apparently. https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2016/09/24/danish-fishermen-among-forgotten-world-war-ii-heroes/9940667007/ https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2016/09/24/danish-fishe...
- justinclift 2y agoSound more like the opposite? During a three-week period, fishermen fooled the Nazis and police dogs who searched their ships – lacing handkerchiefs with a mixture of rabbit blood and cocaine, in order to fool the dogs. That kind of seems like the mixture of rabbit blood and cocaine overwhelms other scents?
- gorgoiler 2y agoArf arf officer Buddy has detected traces of potentially terroristic thoughts in your mind racks shotgun unlock your iPhone NOW!
- justinclift 2y agoBlack pepper ground finely? From the concept of "they'll only do that once, and probably be useless the rest of the day". ;)
- derstander 2y agoI hadn't heard of this before, but here are some sources. Note this quote from [2], U.S. Customs and Border Protection: "Canines are taught to detect concealed U.S. currency and firearms. Both the Officer/Agent and canine are taught the proper search sequences when searching vehicles, aircraft, freight, luggage, mail, passengers and premises." I have no idea what the ratio of scientific backing vs. security theater is, though. [0] https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/golden-valleys-new-k-9-is-trained-to-sniff-out-money/ https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/golden-valleys-new-k-... [1] https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/meet-currency-detector-dog-made-2-4m-canadian-government/ https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/meet-currency-detecto... [2] https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/along-us-borders/canine-program/disciplines https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/along-us-borders/canine-...
- tempodox 2y agoThe mention of “U.S. currency” raises my suspicions. How does a canine distinguish between U.S. and Mexican or Canadian currency?
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoPolymer versus paper?
- b112 2y agoPolymer versus cotton + dyes. US currency has a unique smell to my human nose, even.
- nativeit 2y agoTheir handler whispers “dinero” or “money, eh” instead of “deutsche mark”.
- inglor_cz 2y agoIDK about Canadian, but even I can tell the difference between USD and EUR/CZK banknotes by smell. That said, no one on the Internet knows that I am a dog.
- readyplayernull 2y agoBut can they detect gold and diamonds?
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- 0cf8612b2e1e 2y agoBut…nearly everyone carries or handles some amount of cash. Is a bank teller continually triggering the dogs?
- zxexz 2y ago> But…nearly everyone carries or handles some amount of cash Well, then I guess the handler can usually find probable cause!
- giraffe_lady 2y agoOnly when the dog handler wants them to!
- weaksauce 2y agoconsidering most cash has traces of cocaine on it they probably don't need to train them hard.
- renewiltord 2y agoThe point of K-9 units is to manufacture probable cause. Yes they can “smell” the cash if the handler wants them to.
- gorgoiler 2y agoIf this were the case, would someone not have challenged it in court by now? If the dogs and their handlers were challenged in a controlled trial and shown to be biased, that would make for a useful test case.
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 2y agoTo do that, dog should be handled by someone who is not their regular police handler. Then they would claim he doesn't know how to handle the dog properly, or doesn't have the required "soul bond" with the animal. Can't win against crooks.
- krisoft 2y ago> To do that, dog should be handled by someone who is not their regular police handler. Not necessarily if the experiment is double blind. (Or tripple blind I guess because it is the dog, the handler and the on-site experimenter who are not aware of where the samples are hidden.) > Can't win against crooks. That is the bigger problem.
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 2y agoyou are right
- namaria 2y agoWow questioning policing methods gets you automatically labelled as 'crook'? How is the boot tasting this morning?
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