Okay, so in this case the dog was used while the defendant was "lawfully seized in a traffic violation." How long before dogs are used at the drunk-driving roadblocks, where everyone is seized with no probable cause? How long until cops have the dogs stroll around shopping center parking lots? Still slip-sliding down that slippery slope...and the defenders of this crap will only scream bloody murder when it's THEY who are inconvenienced.
Just you wait. It's not even about the dogs, it's about the probes and sensors just around the corner. Got some outdated prescriptions in the cabinet? Well, we detected it with our InYerFaceTM interior-dwelling drug probe. YOU ****ING DRUG FELON, UP AGAINST THE M*****F*****G WALL, PUNK, BEFORE I HAVE TO SHOO...(BANG)
The dogs were strolling thru my high school back in the early '80s. Actually had them come thru my Algebra class while we were taking a test and sniff my crotch. After they left, I refused to finish the test, and our teacher agreed.
Ehhh, probably tomorrow.
People are not "seized" by a traffic stop. They are seized when they are arrested. This is a horrible ruling. The SC is so out of control and will only continue to get worse. I know they have jobs for life, but maybe it's time to rethink some type of term limits or mandatory retirement age. These justices live in their own little worlds and have no one to answer to.
I disagree, I don't find this as an intrusion when the dogs are merely exercising their abilities. There is no prior intrusion into your wallet, personal search, etc. There has to be some way to run a police operation without giving EVERY advantage to the perps.
When you roll down your window at a traffic stop, if the cop smells "the odor of intoxicating beverages" that can form the basis of a probable cause search. The fact that a dog has a more sensitive shouldn't change the law.