Dog's bad nose prompts judge to toss drug case

Herald Tribune ^

[SkyDancer]

Then how did the dog smell????

(awful)

Thanks to Monty Python ....

[I still care]

I’ve always thought this thing about tossing evidence is just wrong. If someone has the drugs, they have the drugs. There’s got to be another way to keep cops from searching illegally.

[Joe 6-pack]

WOOOF!

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[Bob J]

“Defense attorneys have shown Talon alerted that there were drugs in almost every vehicle he checked...”

Maybe the dog was trained to alert to steel belted radials instead of drugs.

[microgood]

There’s got to be another way to keep cops from searching illegally.

There is. Prosecute the cop for searching illegally. Throw him/her in prison. But since that will never happen, we need the exclusionary rule.

[Lurker]

There’s got to be another way to keep cops from searching illegally.

How about we actually charge a few who engage in illegal searches under 18 USC 242 and toss them in jail for a decade or so.

Oh I forgot...these are cops we're talking about.

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[Emperor Palpatine]

"D'uh, which way did he go, George? Which way did he go?

[driftdiver]

“There’s got to be another way to keep cops from searching illegally.”

There is, charge them with an illegal search if they don’t find drugs.

[driftdiver]

Thought I had something original but I was a day late it appears.

Our idea would only result in cops finding (aka planting) more evidence.

[billorites]

I think I have something wrong with me.
Here, you smell this please?

[DieHard the Hunter]

Dam’nfoolishness. It really boils down simply:

Q: Did Talon detect drugs?
A: Yes
Q: Did the scroats have the drugs?
A: Yes
Q: Is Talon a reliable detector of drugs?
A: Yes, this time he certainly was.

Result: You’re under arrest, scroat! Gooddog, Talon! Yer a GoodBoy!

[BenLurkin]

a narcotics-sniffing dog’s nose was not reliable enough to justify searching a vehicle.

The Judge doesn't seem to know much about dogs.

[Pete98]

But it sounds like the police department lost the evidence after the fact. So, no evidence = no conviction.

Sloppy chain of custody procedures, or did the cops sell the drugs for extra cash?

[woollyone]

Dam’nfoolishness. It really boils down simply:

Q: Did JBT think there might be something illegal happening in your house?
A: Yes
Q: Did the JBT find anything illegal inside?
A: Yes
Q: Is JBT a reliable detector of all things illegal?
A: Yes, this time he certainly was.

Result: You’re under arrest, scroat! Gooddog, JBT! Yer a GoodBoy!

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I’ve reposted your weak logic by merely replaced the “dog” with a JBT...

...now...using your own words...tell us again how this is all legal and you would support the above action on you and your home and how it is NOT the actions of an out of control police state, depriving the free men of their rights.

Can’t wait to read your well thought out reply.
I’m sure it begins with something like “well, if you have nothing to hide...”...right?

[Oztrich Boy]

Do you understand the concept of “false positive”?

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Sounds like the dog is too accurate.

It’s detecting lingering odors after the drugs are gone.

[DieHard the Hunter]

> Do you understand the concept of “false positive”?

Yes. In this case it can be argued that there wasn’t a false positive, as there were drugs.

[DieHard the Hunter]

What is a JBT?

[Darnright]

>Maybe the dog was trained to alert to steel belted radials instead of drugs.<

Or, perhaps the dog has learned that if he “alerts” to a car, he gets to go in and rip the interior to shreds. Some dogs get motivated by the sheer act of pulling and biting. It’s due to poorly directed prey drive.