Raises an interesting question, since the police found nothing illegal, what exactly did the dog alert to? To me this means either the dog is fallible or his handler is a lying POS. In either case any evidence in any case found as a result of this duo should be tossed.
I get pulled over about 3 times a year. I’m 60. No k-9 has ever been used on a car I was in, nor was I ever searched.
So, why the dog? And what an amazing coincidence that when they DID use a dog, there was a huge amount of money.
Don’t get me wrong. If there is no crime and no charges, this case reduces the cops to simple theives.
Let's be honest, the way dogs are being used now is to specifically circumvent "probable cause" requirements for searches. It's perfect; you want to search a car, you call the dog in. You give it a hand signal and it does what it does to indicate it's found something. And it cannot be questioned in court. You can't put the dog on the stand and ask what it smelled. If the cops find nothing, they just shrug.
There's probably no U.S. bill in circulation that hasn't been rolled-up and used to snort cocaine. It's truly filthy money and a dog alerting to it is no proof a crime has been committed. We've become a police state.
I am betting on lying pos
K9 Alerts to justify search:
1 - Dog breathing hard.
2 - Dog not breathing hard.
how about cocaine on the money
The parking lot at my place of work is often used for traffic stops. I have seen this scenario play out hundreds of times.
The drug dog always indicates the presence of drugs (at least where I live).
Freshly printed money coming straight from the federal reserve has traces of cocaine on it. (it is claimed by the fed that this is the result of residue in counting machinery) This has been verified multiple times. Large amounts of ca$h will cause a drug dog to 'alert' and the jackboots to drool over your cash. Most likely, the money alerted on the money itself. This hasn't been a constitutional republic for decades.