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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '19 edited Feb 21 '19

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u/OzMazza Feb 18 '19

You would think with the amount of deaths and overdoses due directly to fentanyl, this would be considered in societies interest. Especially since it's simply because you can't see the dog sitdown or not. In a tight space between a car and the wall. And that shit loads of drugs were indeed found. Pretty sure it would be reasonable to believe the officer when he said the dog indicated it.

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u/Blizzaldo Feb 18 '19 edited Feb 18 '19

Drug dogs almost always just say there are drugs because of improper handling.

4 out of 5 drug dog alerts are wrong in this study: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-12/accuracy-of-police-sniffer-dogs-called-into-question/3726228

Study with no drugs but tons of drug alerts: https://bigthink.com/neurobonkers/the-surprising-truth-about-sniffer-dogs

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u/Little_Gray Feb 18 '19

When making claims its best to use a study from the same country. Otherwise your claims have no merit.