Fucking Cops

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I've always wondered about this.  Seems as if they are teaching the dogs to lie too.

http://apnews.excite.com/article/2015072...ffb54.html

US court says drug-sniffing dog fails the smell test

Tuesday's ruling pointed to records showing Lex nearly always signals drugs are present — 93 percent of the time. And it cited other figures that indicated he is frequently wrong — more than 40 percent of the time.

"Lex's overall accuracy rate ... is not much better than a coin flip," the ruling says.

Now, dogs' noses are remarkable instruments.  They can detect tumors in cancer patients for chrissakes.  So how could this boy be so fucked up?

But the judges make clear their concern that dogs that almost always signal for drugs could potentially provide police with a "pretext" to search anyone's car.

They also highlighted the practice of Lex's police handlers giving him a reward — a toy hose stuffed with a sock — each time he alerts, whether he's right or wrong about drugs, saying that "seems like a terrible way to promote accurate detection."

Ah...all becomes clear.