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Colorado Supreme Court Announces Police Facilitating Drug-­Detection Dog’s Entry Into Vehicle by Opening Door During Traffic Stop Without Probable Cause Is Unconstitutional Search in Violation of Fourth Amendment by Anthony Accurso The Supreme Court of Colorado held that the police conducted an unreasonable search under the Fourth Amendment of a …
Dogs Are Sniffing Out Electronics by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson Cops have found themselves challenged by the decreasing size of electronic devices and the correlated increase in the ease of hiding them. To assist them, they have begun using dogs to sniff out a key chemical used to …
Article • April 15, 2024 • from CLN April, 2024
California Court of Appeal: Traffic Stop Prolonged for Drug Dog Sniff Search Unrelated to ‘Mission’ of Stop Violates Fourth Amendment by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, overturned the denial of a defendant’s motion to suppress, holding that the officer impermissibly …
Article • April 15, 2023 • from CLN May, 2023
A Brief History of K-9 Units in Law Enforcement by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The history of canine use in modern day policing began in the 1950s and ‘60s as a response to the “Negro problem” and has been used as a tool to “civilize the savagery of …
Article • April 15, 2023 • from CLN May, 2023
Idaho Supreme Court: Drug-Detection Dog Conducted Warrantless Search by Placing Paws on Exterior of Vehicle to Sniff for Drugs by Richard Resch by Richard Resch In a case of first impression, the Supreme Court of Idaho held that police conducted a warrantless search of a vehicle when a drug-detection dog …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from CLN August, 2022
Drug Detection Dogs Are Unreliable and Reflect the Vicious Heritage of Their Slave-Hunting Dog and Police-Dog Predecessors by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS OFTEN deploy trained dogs to detect drugs, but how accurate are the canine sniffs? Since the dog cannot testify, the courts have simply accepted …
Article • June 15, 2022 • from CLN July, 2022
Kentucky Supreme Court: Traffic Stop Impermissibly Extended Where Officer Stopped Writing Citation to Aid Drug-Detection Dog’s Sniff of Vehicle’s Exterior by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The Supreme Court of Kentucky held that a police officer impermissibly extended a traffic stop when he suspended the completion of writing a …
Article • March 15, 2022 • from CLN April, 2022
North Dakota Supreme Court Suppresses Evidence Found in Passenger’s Backpack Located Outside Vehicle When Drug-Detection Dog Alerted to Presence of Drugs Inside Vehicle by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The Supreme Court of North Dakota upheld the suppression of evidence obtained from a warrantless backpack search because neither the …
Article • February 15, 2022 • from CLN March, 2022
Idaho Supreme Court Rejects ‘Instinctive Entry Rule’ as Not Implicating Fourth Amendment Where Drug-Sniffing Dog Breaches Interior of Vehicle During Exterior Search and Suppresses Evidence by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Idaho rejected the “instinctive entry rule” as an exception to the warrant requirement where a …
Article • September 15, 2021 • from CLN October, 2021
Wisconsin Supreme Court: Officer’s Retention of Driver’s License Without Reasonable Suspicion to Delay Until Arrival of Drug Dog Constitutes Unlawful Seizure by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The Supreme Court of Wisconsin held that an officer who retained a motorist’s driver’s license without any reasonable suspicion of criminal activity—for …
Article • July 15, 2020 • from CLN August, 2020
Dogs Can Detect One-Billionth of a Teaspoon of Gasoline by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney According to a recent study from the University of Alberta, trained dogs can detect gasoline in trace amounts as small as one-billionth of a teaspoon (or 5 pico-liters). “During an arson investigation, a dog may …