I keep reading about the cadaver dog hits and want to clarify something for those who do not know how these dogs work.
Cadaver dogs, drug dogs, etc. are excellent. Their sense of smell and alerts on items trained can be amazing. But they are only as good as their handlers. If the cops or trainers are bad or corrupt they can create a fake alert. The dogs are trained on signals as well so you would have to grill the handler on his training on the dogs training, etc.
Also if a crime was being covered up and someone wanted a dog to hit on the scent of blood for example. They can easily place a small quantity of blood somewhere then call for the dog.
Not saying that happened just wanted to educate on how the dog works and can be tampered with if there are people lying.
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Jem777 ago
I keep reading about the cadaver dog hits and want to clarify something for those who do not know how these dogs work.
Cadaver dogs, drug dogs, etc. are excellent. Their sense of smell and alerts on items trained can be amazing. But they are only as good as their handlers. If the cops or trainers are bad or corrupt they can create a fake alert. The dogs are trained on signals as well so you would have to grill the handler on his training on the dogs training, etc.
Also if a crime was being covered up and someone wanted a dog to hit on the scent of blood for example. They can easily place a small quantity of blood somewhere then call for the dog.
Not saying that happened just wanted to educate on how the dog works and can be tampered with if there are people lying.
1NationUnderAGroove ago
Most Police dog handlers also have 'trigger' movements with there hands and noises they make to the dog to get false hits..
Jem777 ago
Yes that is exactly right. The dog is only as moral as the cop.