Study: Drug Dogs Most Likely To Err In Traffic Stop Scenarios

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 25, 2014.

By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director

Dogs trained to detect the presence of illegal drugs are most likely to provide false alerts in situations involving the search of a motor vehicle, according to the findings of a study published online in the journal Forensic Science International.

A team of researchers from the United States and Poland assessed the ability of trained drug sniffing dogs to accurately detect the presence controlled substances…