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<blockquote data-quote="vvvvvvv" data-source="post: 2236373" data-attributes="member: 5151"><p>It will alert much more often when there is no contraband present.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-01-06/news/ct-met-canine-officers-20110105_1_drug-sniffing-dogs-alex-rothacker-drug-dog" target="_blank">Chicago shows 56% false positive rate in general, 73% among Hispanics</a>.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/31/drug-dog-illinois-state-police_n_1376091.html" target="_blank">Illinois State Police documentation shows over 74% false positive rate</a>.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-12/accuracy-of-police-sniffer-dogs-called-into-question/3726228" target="_blank">Australia reports 80% false positive rate</a>.</p><p></p><p>In a study where there were no drugs or explosives present, 18 dogs alerted in 123 of 144 searches (some more than once, mostly in locations where the handlers had been told there should be drugs or explosives) bringing the total alerts to 225). That's an <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3078300/" target="_blank">85.5% false positive rate in a controlled environment</a>.</p><p></p><p>Of course, the whole "dog's nose is infallible" stance of the judicial system is not as asinine as the idea that an officer claiming to smell marijuana establishes enough cause for a search given that studies show that even people familiar with the odor of marijuana <a href="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FB%3ALAHU.0000022324.13389.ea?LI=true" target="_blank">can't reliably discern the smell</a> among exhaust fumes such as the situation that would be encountered during a typical traffic stop.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vvvvvvv, post: 2236373, member: 5151"] It will alert much more often when there is no contraband present. [URL="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-01-06/news/ct-met-canine-officers-20110105_1_drug-sniffing-dogs-alex-rothacker-drug-dog"]Chicago shows 56% false positive rate in general, 73% among Hispanics[/URL]. [URL="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/31/drug-dog-illinois-state-police_n_1376091.html"]Illinois State Police documentation shows over 74% false positive rate[/URL]. [URL="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-12/accuracy-of-police-sniffer-dogs-called-into-question/3726228"]Australia reports 80% false positive rate[/URL]. In a study where there were no drugs or explosives present, 18 dogs alerted in 123 of 144 searches (some more than once, mostly in locations where the handlers had been told there should be drugs or explosives) bringing the total alerts to 225). That's an [URL="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3078300/"]85.5% false positive rate in a controlled environment[/URL]. Of course, the whole "dog's nose is infallible" stance of the judicial system is not as asinine as the idea that an officer claiming to smell marijuana establishes enough cause for a search given that studies show that even people familiar with the odor of marijuana [URL="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FB%3ALAHU.0000022324.13389.ea?LI=true"]can't reliably discern the smell[/URL] among exhaust fumes such as the situation that would be encountered during a typical traffic stop. [/QUOTE]
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