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dWhat about something about the legal aspects in various countries? eg. do search dogs wielded by police require a warrent?
if you have a jay in your pocket and you walk by one do they go crazy, or do they have to be commanded into "detection mode" to be stimulated into a response?

Probable Cause

Considering that the signal from a detection dog can be probable cause for a search, are there any stats on dog's efficiency? Is there a false positive percentage? And I don't mean if they smelled something that used to be there, and is only now detectable by dog, I mean can the dog signal without any cause? Promontoriumispromontorium (talk) 17:17, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

K-9 handlers do keep up with their dog's indications. A working dog must meet a high standard of proficiency in that when a k9 indicates to the presence of narcotic odor, either a source is found or confession is obtained to substantiate the k9s indication. A k9 will not indicate without any cause. Remember, unlike humans, K9s lack the ability to lie. If a K9 says there is something there then undoubtedly, there has been a transfer of odor from a source.

ALL statements are of my own opinion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smithvillepolicek9 (talk • contribs) 14:48, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Even if a dog won't "lie", but maybe it could misinterpret what its handler wants? Maybe if the dog gets involuntary non-verbal cues from its handler (e.g. the handler doesn't like the person being searched, for personal reasons)? Maybe the dog would signal (or bark, or whatever it's supposed to do) even when there are no illegal products in the luggage? Is this possible? Are there any statistics about this? 201.216.245.25 (talk) 13:55, 22 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

More detail would be great

There aren't many references for further reading either. Some stuff I'd be interested to know is- can one dog be trained in detecting more than one thing, e.g. explosives and drugs? Is there anything the dogs can't be trained to detect? What sort of dogs are used for this work? How long does it take to train a dog to be a detection dog?

Just some suggestions :) 91.105.157.100 (talk) 20:52, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Answer from K-9 Handler.... Yes. Most working dogs are trained to detect various odors such as different narcotics like marijuana and cocaine. As far as I know there is nothing that a dog cant be trained to detect. This is due to the fact that K-9 dogs are trained using a complex association technique Most K-9 working dogs are from the Shepard family such as Belgium Malinois, German Shepard, and Dutch Shepard. Depending on the dog and handler it takes anywhere from 6-12 months to train a dog. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.228.82.3 (talk) 14:34, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]