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Originally Posted by Ford Prefect
I was told by a dog handler for Correctional Service Canada that something like 80% of the $20 bills in circulation have traces of cocaine on them. During a public display of his dog's drug sniffing capabilities, the dog walked right up the Warden and indicated the Warden was hot ... turned out to be his wallet. So while these dogs are indeed good, a positive ID of the presence of drugs by the dog still doesn't necessarily mean a person is guility of using or carrying drugs.
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Your right....most money will have some drug residue on them, And when I said that the dog was very accurate, that shows as such. I never said that if a dog indicated on someone or something that they were guilty or had possession of drugs. I said that there was drugs incontact with that thing or person. That is why the human handler is an essential component of the team. They can determine what might not be a realistic hit. In this case...the dog had indicated at the end of the vehicle...not on someones wallet or pocket, therefore, it would be reasonable to believe that there should not have been any unintended contamination from some other thing (ie: cocaine hit on money could easily be explained off as it is very common for such). There is no reason that a dog should indicate on the back of a pickup unless there was cocaine transported in the back of it.
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Originally Posted by ford perfect
Are you sure of this? I've heard otherwise from people who've had their vehicles damaged during a search that found nothing. Maybe they weren't aware of their legal recourse, but they were told tough luck by the border workers.
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There are two possible recourse options. 1.) If they perfromed an illegal search, such as the one I described before, the court can have the evidence tossed. 2.) If they find nothing but damaged property during the exam, the person can have that item fixed or replaced at the expense of the agency. I am pretty sure that that would have to be done by filing a complaint and requesting that the damages be repaired.