When the dog alerts and no drugs are present
When the dog “alerts” and drugs are actually present The person trained to read and interpret the dog’s signalsĭrug dog gives signal he was taught that signifies the presence of drugs to handler If police violate a person’s Fourth Amendment rights with a drug dog, a motion to suppress whatever evidence they discovered through the violation should be filed.
Drug dogs are used by law enforcement to provide that probable cause where none yet exists. Normally, without emergency circumstances, an officer must have probable cause to search a person’s belongings, such as their car or house. One of the tools law enforcement most often uses in ways that potentially violate this right is that of the drug detection dog.ĭrug dogs are a normal practice American police use to conduct searches and sniff out drugs and contraband.
The Fourth Amendment protects a person’s right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure.
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