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Drug Sniffing Dogs As Accurate As a Coin Flip, Study Says

Drug Lawyer St. Louis

Drug Sniffing Dogs Score Poorly in Testing Drug sniffing dogs are often used by law enforcement to try to locate drugs during traffic stops, at houses, in postal packages, among many other situations. Historically, the courts have viewed these highly trained dogs as an important factor when determining whether there was probable cause to allow law enforcement to take the next steps, often a search that would be illegal in the absence of probable cause. Two problems with these drug sniffing dogs have come to light. One, which I will write about more in depth next week, has to do with...

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