XPost: uk.legal, uk.politics.drugs   
   From: newsREMOVE@hbar.co.uk   
      
   "JohnR"  wrote:   
      
   >>> to search for probable cause using dogs when dogs are wrong four times   
   >>> out of five is, I believe,not right.   
      
   > saying dogs can't smell is a bit silly.   
      
   What part of the 20% success rate do you attribute to the dog smelling the   
   drug and what to the officer observing if the person being sniffed looks   
   worried they might be detected?   
      
   I propose a simple experiment: compare the success rate of the officer with   
   that of an illusionist using a magic box that people are told can detect   
   drugs.  I would expect the illusionist to do far better than the officer.   
      
   --   
   Mark Lewis, North Somerset   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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