• ikidd@lemmy.world
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    “We should probably get them used to intrusive police surveillance right from an early age.”

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      Grew up in the Orlando area. Police dogs were used back when I was in high school and before every once in a while to search for drugs. I graduated in 08’ and I know they were there in at least 2002. (Sibling 2 years older)

      Wish they wouldn’t do it, but it appears to just be new for them trying to sniff out gunpowder(?). Unsure what the chemicals they would be looking for with a gun if it isn’t that. … side note, all of the K-9 units still have guns, so won’t the dogs just be smelling the officers handguns if it were gunpowder they could possibly smell?

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        K9 units are a dog and pony show. Various studies have shown the dogs key on the handler way more often than they scent anything. They’re just there to create probable cause.