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‘False Alert’ Rate For Drug Dogs Tops 80 Percent

Sydney, Australia–(ENEWSPF)–December 16, 2011. Some 80 percent of drug dog ‘alerts’ in New South Wales in 2011 yielded no illicit substances, according to state government statistics published this week by the Sydney Morning Herald.

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According to the paper, in the first nine months of 2011, “14,102 searches were conducted after a dog sat next to a person, indicating they might be carrying drugs. But, in 11,248 cases, no drugs were found.”

Statistics for 2010 showed…

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