Supreme Court Hearing Case On Drug-Sniffing Dog "Fishing Expeditions"

sgunhouse writes "Wired is running an article on a Supreme Court challenge (well, actually two of them) to the use of drug-sniffing dogs. The first case discussed involved Florida police using a drug-sniffing dog as a basis for searching a suspected drug dealer's home. The court in Florida excluded the evidence obtained from the search, saying a warrant should be required for that sort of use of a dog. Personally, I agree — police have no right to parade a dog around on private property on a 'fishing expedition', same as they need a warrant to use a thermal imaging device to search for grow houses. I have no use for recreational drugs, but they had better have a warrant if they want to bring a dog onto my property."

Re:Did the cop got fired?

[zill]

I, as a person with a not so keen sense of smell, can tell you which apartments have pot in them if you walk by at the right time of day.

You don't have to hide it. On the internet no one knows you're a dog.

Re:Did the cop got fired?

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah, a hippie I know cleans his pipes in alcohol. This leaves an incredibly odoriferous sludge, extract of burnt pot smell, condensed yuck.
Then he drips it around the neighborhood for blocks around just for the drug dogs. He did the courthouse area once for a joke too. I don't know how long this stuff lasts, but I would imagine a dog could smell it for months. Peeeeeyouuuuuu!

Re:Did the cop got fired?

[Anonymous Coward]

The DOD does this, because they can on a base. Anyway when the US was still stationed in Panama someone would go get a $5 bag of coke from the taxi drivers and put it in floor wax. It was hilarious to watch the dog start barking at the floor and the MP’s would just give up and do the search the old fashioned way by going through all 250 soldiers’ stuff.

Re:Generally

[chill]

Having an animal that's just as likely to get excited about smelling my butthole and crotch become an authoritarian figure in any kind of a crime investigation is simply ridiculous.

What does the TSA have to do with any of this?

Re:Did the cop got fired?

[K. S. Kyosuke]

I, as a person with a not so keen sense of smell, can tell you which apartments have pot in them if you walk by at the right time of day.

You don't have to hide it. On the internet no one knows you're a dog.

Is it just me, or have you just made a statement AND refuted it at the same time by making it? Bravo, sir!