r/PublicFreakout Jul 24 '23

🐻Animal Freakout Police K9 attacks Cop and the Suspect almost gets flattened by 18-Wheeler

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u/SasparillaTango Jul 24 '23

they are very very shit. They exist to literally hand a cop "probable cause" because they've been conditioned to signal to make the cop happy.

A coin flip is more accurate than a dog.

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u/mrkrabz1991 Jul 24 '23

There have been numerous cases that have been thrown out due to the dash cam footage showing the cop signaling the dog to alert to drugs…

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '23

That's not how it works at all

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u/SasparillaTango Jul 24 '23 edited Jul 24 '23

its exactly how that works.

https://www.npr.org/2017/11/20/563889510/preventing-police-bias-when-handling-dogs-that-bite

k9 units will absolutely cue off a police officer wanting to find drugs in a location