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I suspect you'd need to call their bluff and then try to get whatever the K9 find thrown out (assuming they had to delay you to let them arrive)
by MBlume 12y ago
I suspect you'd need to call their bluff and then try to get whatever the K9 find thrown out (assuming they had to delay you to let them arrive)
- SilasX 12y agoThat would work also, but the thing is, even if they never summoned the K9, they are threatening to, and the law distinguishes between the police making legal vs. illegal threats. That is, if the threaten to run your license plate, that's fine because it's legal (even if it would find something bad). But if they threaten to ram your car or take your kids, then any consent you gave would be (IIRC) inadmissible as being under duress. This ruling would suggest that the K9 threat falls under the latter.
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- ctdonath 12y agoCall their bluff with "am I free to go?" Otherwise they'll use all kinds of squishy terms to persuade you to stay for the search when you don't have to. Recording it, of course, would be vital. IANAL, YMMV.