Post by BrainFerentz4Prez on Apr 21, 2015 16:25:02 GMT -6
thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/239513-court-rules-cops-cant-hold-suspects-to-wait-for-dog
Basically they ruled it incontitutional for po po to detain you during a traffic stop for a drug sniffing dog to be transported to the scene, even if the wait is just for a few min. They can still use the dogs during a stop provided they do so within the time a stop without the dog would take. What's kind of interdasting is if I ain't mistaken police can choose to arrest you and place you into custody for simple traffic violations if they want. Typically you sign a promise to appear on sight and are released on your own but if the officer choses he can arrest you and require you to see a judge before being released if they feel you are not likely to appear on your own, or if they just got a huge hard on for you. What's to stop an officer from doing this and simply using a dog to sniff after the fact?
Basically they ruled it incontitutional for po po to detain you during a traffic stop for a drug sniffing dog to be transported to the scene, even if the wait is just for a few min. They can still use the dogs during a stop provided they do so within the time a stop without the dog would take. What's kind of interdasting is if I ain't mistaken police can choose to arrest you and place you into custody for simple traffic violations if they want. Typically you sign a promise to appear on sight and are released on your own but if the officer choses he can arrest you and require you to see a judge before being released if they feel you are not likely to appear on your own, or if they just got a huge hard on for you. What's to stop an officer from doing this and simply using a dog to sniff after the fact?
