a classic scam used by police officers to get probable cause for warrantless search and seizure and/or arrest.
First, they ask permission to search your property (for example, a car or backpack). You say no because you have rights. Then they bring a dog around to sniff your property. Regardless of what the dog does, they claim that the dog has detected drugs, explosives, or a body. At that point, you may be under arrest, and anything you have can be seized, and possibly never returned, under Civil Asset Forfeiture laws.
First, they ask permission to search your property (for example, a car or backpack). You say no because you have rights. Then they bring a dog around to sniff your property. Regardless of what the dog does, they claim that the dog has detected drugs, explosives, or a body. At that point, you may be under arrest, and anything you have can be seized, and possibly never returned, under Civil Asset Forfeiture laws.
Dude: "Hey did you hear about how Ethel Hylton's life savings and insurance settlement were confiscated at an airport and never returned?"
Guy: "Bullshit."
Dude: "For real, it was a drug dog scam. Google that shit!"
Guy: "Damn, that's fucked up."
Guy: "Bullshit."
Dude: "For real, it was a drug dog scam. Google that shit!"
Guy: "Damn, that's fucked up."
by pseudoanonymous July 4, 2009