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Sir Spot of Borg Gold Member Offline WE ARE BORG Posts: 26504 Australia	Sniffer Dogs in Sydney Jun 8^th, 2018 at 4:19pm 20% accuracy apparently http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/nsw-police-banning-entry-if-sniffer-... Spot
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Setanta Gold Member Offline \/ Peace man! Posts: 16531 Northern NSW Gender:	Re: Sniffer Dogs in Sydney Reply #1 - Jun 10^th, 2018 at 12:04am We have them up here too, have for a while now. My guess is that it gives the cops probable cause to search. Funnily enough the dogs go crazy in the back of the wagon when they pass the soup kitchen.
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Captain Caveman Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6211 Gender:	Re: Sniffer Dogs in Sydney Reply #2 - Jun 10^th, 2018 at 6:35am Oh well. When you have scared little people begging for more police power then this is the end result. Police aee turning into a pox on society. Way to much power and no accountability.
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Reply #3 - Jun 10^th, 2018 at 8:02am

I asked a policeman with a dog in Fortitude Valley train station one night whether they get the dogs addicted to drugs to encourage them to sniff them out. He denied this allegation. He also denied it was a drug dog. I think it was more of a biting hippies dog. For some reason the dog started barking at me. A loud bark is pretty intimidating in a small space, but the animal was calm and completely under control. They have them well trained. Not sure if they have a way of signalling to the dog what to do. I didn't notice anything.

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Reply #4 - Jun 10^th, 2018 at 8:35am

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jun 8^th, 2018 at 4:19pm:

20% accuracy apparently

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/nsw-police-banning-entry-if-sniffer-...

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Nonsense, drug detection dogs have something like a 70/85% detection rate. Now if your saying not everybody where there is an indication has drugs on them, that is quite correct, however in 80% of cases where the dog indicates the subject has either residue or if there are no drugs found, they get the scent of drugs which were present maybe a week ago. And if the dog indicates wrongly, its is due to poor training, not unreliability.

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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 48842 At my desk.	Re: Sniffer Dogs in Sydney Reply #5 - Jun 10^th, 2018 at 8:44am What if you have recently shaken hands with someone who has been handling pot?
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Fuzzball Gold Member Offline Posts: 6381 Australia Gender:	Re: Sniffer Dogs in Sydney Reply #6 - Jun 10^th, 2018 at 8:49am freediver wrote on Jun 10^th, 2018 at 8:44am: What if you have recently shaken hands with someone who has been handling pot? Again, that could produce what is termed as a false positive.......If the dog indicates.
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 48842 At my desk.	Re: Sniffer Dogs in Sydney Reply #7 - Jun 10^th, 2018 at 8:59am What about money in your wallet? Could that produce a false positive?
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Reply #8 - Jun 10^th, 2018 at 11:15am

freediver wrote on Jun 10^th, 2018 at 8:44am:

What if you have recently shaken hands with someone who has been handling pot?

better safe than sorry

I set alarms off at airports every time... and go through the same thing....guilty until proven innocent...

I dont mind it makes the place safer.. same with drugs....we need more dogs....they are quite incredible.......

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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Sniffer Dogs in Sydney Reply #9 - Jun 10^th, 2018 at 11:18am freediver wrote on Jun 10^th, 2018 at 8:59am: What about money in your wallet? Could that produce a false positive? if the dog was trained to smell cash I am sure it would..if you had a huge amount in your wallet..... were not all like you fd!
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Reply #10 - Jun 10^th, 2018 at 11:27am

Most people who get a false positive are inconvenienced for about 5 minutes and as a bonus, get a chat with a friendly policeman and get to see a cute doggy.

I reckon tho, rather than only picking on young kids at concerts and nightclubs, they should have a walk around Martin Place at lunch time and watch all the cocaine busts.

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Reply #11 - Jun 10^th, 2018 at 11:44am

Gordon wrote on Jun 10^th, 2018 at 11:27am:

Most people who get a false positive are inconvenienced for about 5 minutes and as a bonus, get a chat with a friendly policeman and get to see a cute doggy.

I reckon tho, rather than only picking on young kids at concerts and nightclubs, they should have a walk around Martin Place at lunch time and watch all the cocaine busts.

did you happen to see that doco on Portugal how they decriminalised drugs about 20 years ago....they still have a lot of drug addicts though...so not sure what they call success as instead of going after the druggie its only the pushers they arrest.......

I thi nk fewer deaths is the main thing but seeing the addicts getting their methadone they still looked like drug addicts....sad..

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Reply #12 - Jun 10^th, 2018 at 11:48am

Gordon wrote on Jun 10^th, 2018 at 11:27am:

Most people who get a false positive are inconvenienced for about 5 minutes and as a bonus, get a chat with a friendly policeman and get to see a cute doggy.

I reckon tho, rather than only picking on young kids at concerts and nightclubs, they should have a walk around Martin Place at lunch time and watch all the cocaine busts.

The article in the OP was about people being turned away from a concert, even if they had purchased tickets.

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Reply #13 - Jun 10^th, 2018 at 11:52am

Currency detection is usually when dogs are trained to specifically detect currency, these are used at airports and when they are used on drug raids, and may be dual purpose trained drugs and currency. These dogs are usually high energy animals such as Springer Spaniels. Dogs at train stations are usually Labradors (which are a slower drive dog) which are less alarming to the public.

General Purpose Police Dogs are GSDs or Malinois (which is a more recent breed on the scene). These are trained to track, search, and apprehend (Bite).

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Reply #14 - Jun 10^th, 2018 at 11:54am

freediver wrote on Jun 10^th, 2018 at 11:48am:

Gordon wrote on Jun 10^th, 2018 at 11:27am:

Most people who get a false positive are inconvenienced for about 5 minutes and as a bonus, get a chat with a friendly policeman and get to see a cute doggy.

I reckon tho, rather than only picking on young kids at concerts and nightclubs, they should have a walk around Martin Place at lunch time and watch all the cocaine busts.

The article in the OP was about people being turned away from a concert, even if they had purchased tickets.

shite happens...... choose your friends carefully Wink

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