and a drug dog trained to alert on cue.
We, John especially, call out shitty cops on this site, and we also call out the excesses of the war on drugs.
Well, somebody dropped this story in my lap about the Nevada Highway Patrol, and the federal lawsuit by several Troopers that alleges that NHP and Las Vegas Metro Police Department have drug dogs specifically trained to alert on command, thereby creating false probable cause to arrest and search and seize property.
The complaint alleges that after then-Gov. Jim Gibbons approved a K-9 program to target drug runners on Nevada’s highways, Nevada Highway Patrol Commander Chris Perry intentionally undermined the program.
The complaint alleges that the drug-sniffing dogs used by troopers in the program were intentionally being trained to operate as so-called trick ponies, or dogs that provide officers false alerts for the presence of drugs.
In this case, the shitty cops are being called out in a federal lawsuit that alleges RICO violations by other, not-shitty cops.
Also, too–open thread because Andrew Breitbart is still dead, and I never get tired of mentioning that.
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