Larry Law once claimed that his dog “triggered” on my mother’s car.
Not even a cigarette had ever been smoked in the car, let alone any illegal substance entering it.
Twenty minutes of some JBT telling his dog “Dirty-DIrty” while it drags its doggy parts all over the seats of the car.
Not impressed with the “officers” involved.
The best part? This was at one of the “fruit stops” on the Cali-Az border, 150 miles N of the Mexican border.
Dog or no, tell the Cop you don’t authorize him to search your car but you’ll peacefully sit or stand where you direct me to if you choose to do so. If asked “Why don’t you want us to search your car” simply respond: “If I don’t stand up for my rights who will? You certainly won’t”.
I’ve done this twice in my life with very gratifying results. But I would hesitate to do this in a dark and secluded place.
The best one was, once I didn’t pull over right away because there was no light and it was a large expansive causeway, so I continued on for 1/2 mile until I saw a street light and off the causeway. When the cop asked me why I didn’t pull over right away I said “I wanted to pull over in a safe and secure spot”. The officer replied “you don’t have to worry about us [with a bit of smugness]”. I replied “I wasn’t”. His demeanor afterwords was priceless.