How does a dog indicate a false positive on drugs? The drugs are either there or they’re not. The handler has to find the drugs that the dog alerts to.
“Q:How does a dog indicate a false positive on drugs?”
A: There have been instances of unethical dog handling practices in which the dog handler “baits” the dog to give a false positive which basically is sitting or maybe scratching. It’s a game to the dog like playing fetch it’s unethical as hell but it has happened, forcing an illegal search based on a dog’s reaction is not fiction.
It’s kind of a quandary for an average citizen who is doing nothing illegal. Also if the bottoms of your feet have come in contact with any kind of a substance the dog can pick up the scent and you will go to court. With a fine and possibly a charge. Canines are a wonderful tool but it’s getting to the point where misuse in a court of law been brought to light.
Have a lawyer handy on retainer perhaps. I keep a lawyer on retainer not for this specifically but for any litigation brought against me. And I’ve had to use this resource a couple of times.