Police dogs are known as local and national heros, but are they actually harming our society? Recently videos have been released of K9 dogs attacking humans, unable to be stopped by their handlers. Many people overlook these cases but some of the videos are hard to ignore. Many dog bite cases have been ignored by judges as well. Researchers are calling this the “Rin Tin Tin Effect.” This is when in court, police dog bites are overlooked due to their ‘Hero’ status and influence of their handlers. Drug search dogs and other service dogs also should be addressed in this category. Because attacking dogs have been misbehaving and it is becoming more apparent to the public, dogs in the police force should be limited to search and rescue missions. …show more content…
In fact, dogs that alert when drug searching people are 80% of the time ineffective and when searching cars 56% of the time (Sullums). Also, many people are starting to portray dissatisfaction when a police can search their car without a warrant. Russ Jones, a former police officer states, “If my amazon box has traces of cocaine from the deliverer, this gives the right to search my house?”(Sullums). However, even though drug dogs are occasionally unproductive, they do have a purpose in cities and communities. Police often initiate searches in very public areas. For example, these dogs most commonly search airports and schools. This brings people to have a fear factor. A fear factor of the drug dog is knowing not to bring drugs to these areas because of the potential risk of being caught and arrested. In airports, mostly bag and suitcases are searched. Lockers, bathrooms, and even students are sniffed down during school hours when drug dogs arrive. This is a positive effect on highschool students because it prevents illegal activities taking place on campus. Drug searches used with dogs should be allowed in the public areas, but should be used with discretion when entering people’s private
The 16 dogs in this unit are used for different purposes. They have Patrol dogs and sniffer dogs. These dogs are trained because of their superior sense of smell, and ability to search and find in impossible places. K9 Unit uses their sniffer dogs in arson, tracking, detecting of explosives and narcotics. Each dog is bred and used for their unique specialities, for example, they use a Labrador to sniff for explosives because they have a very good sense of smell. It is important that the
In today's world there is an underground layer. “By our estimate, there are tens of thousands of dog fighters in the U.S., forcing hundreds of thousands of dogs to train..”(Dog Fighting). Dog fighting, is said to be an underreported and poorly enforcement crime. In terms is understood why it's hard to be defeated. When the dog fights happen they are in places abandoned. Plus easy get away spots, just in case of a raid. When a place is raided and people are caught they are taken to jail. Then they discuss the bases of what they have to serve. Most people that are charged with dogfighting get out in about two to five years. Then two to three years of probation with no ownership of dogs. This should be changed, some people go right back into dogfighting. People convicted for dogfighting should go through something like sex a fenders go through. Have a yearly check up with someone of the law.
This is an article created by By Philadelphia Inquirer, adapted by Newsela staff.Carol Skaziak picked up a stray dog thinking it could be a police dog.Carol described how skinny and dirty the stray dog was after Carol picked up the stray dog she named her Rousey.When Carol got Rousey she took her to the police station so the police can train her to become a police dog.They put on the padded protection for the bite test.When Rousey saw the robber Rousey went and attacked him/her aggressively and wouldn’t let go.After about 6-8 months later she was ready to become a police dog and help go to missions.When she was ready to go it was time for carol to say goodbye.
The authors of Evidence dogs and Shamu show point of view on how to protect these animals by facts about the program. In the article “Evidence dogs” it states, “In January 2010, Safe Humane Chicago launched the Court Case Dogs program.” This demonstrates that people who actually care about the dogs are teaming up to get evidence dogs out of jail, into rehab, and then to families that care about them. In the non-fiction article “Shamu” it
Over the years, drug-law enforcement agents have often developed “drug courier profiles” to help them identify potential drug smugglers. In United States v. Sokolow
If you owned an animal, would you love and take care of it or would you deliberately and maliciously inflict pain upon it? Dog fighting is one of the most heinous forms of animal cruelty, and it continues to occur in every part of the country and in every type of community. The pit bull is the most misunderstood breed that has such a bad reputation today due to the percentage of people that idolize the breed and common misconceptions against them. Dog fighting is an insidious underground organized crime that deserves much legal and political investigation. The blood sport is embraced by medieval gentry and later promoted by colonial and Victorian miscreants, is now completely outlawed in the United States. As a result, the absolute prohibition in America, it has reached epidemic proportions in all urban communities and continues to thrive in many rural areas as well.
Police officers are generally well-respected in American society. They should be, since officers protect the public from drunk drivers, gunmen and other threats to the commonwealth. However, in light of uncovered events involving the misconduct of police officers, these events call into question the ability of police officers to successfully protect and serve the American people. However, in 2010, 6,613 law enforcement officers were reported for involvement in misconduct which varied from excessive force, sexual misconduct et cetera (Packman). Having 6,613 reported cases of police misconduct in America is ridiculous, especially since it is hard validating the claims against officers and it is difficult to punish officers because of this lack of evidence. While the purpose of police officers in society is to protect the commonwealth of the people, the amount of police misconduct in the United States of America involving excessive force and sexual misconduct is detrimental to the credibility of all police officers. This in turn causes rifts and distrust among the American people concerning officers. Police misconduct can be reduced in American society by requiring police officers to wear cameras while on duty, having a clear definition on what excessive force is and defining how much force is legal for an officer to utilize, and better training geared to improve overall conduct with citizens, especially mentally ill citizens.
Police and prosecutors have generally argued in court cases that the use of a drug-sniffing dog is not a “search” at all, because the only thing that a dog’s “alert” identifies is something that is illegal anyway, and no one has any privacy right in illegal items or substances. The Supreme Court has sometimes embraced that argument. A court can accept an “alert” as a basis for a search only if the evidence shows how the dog was trained, what was done to satisfy an expert that the dog was adequately trained, how the dog had performed in “alerting” to drugs in other situations, and how well trained and how experienced was the dog’s police
Have you ever wondered how much dogs actually help in the police force? Many people think that dogs are not helpful or necessary. I am going to tell you about police dogs and how they help in the police force. Dogs have been used since Roman times for hunting and security. Dogs have commonly been used in war for Messengers, mine trackers, sentries, scouts, and patrol dogs.
The case of Horton v. Goose Creek I.S.D. held that the use of canines to sniff lockers and cars did not constitute a search. This court also ruled, however, that the use of canines to search students must only be done if there is individualized suspicion. Due to many other issues which could complicate the search, such as allergies,
Police canine dogs are rapidly becoming a major part of the criminal justice police force. You may ask yourself why are they becoming such a large part of the operation. This spike in the use of canine police dogs is the result of many different things. Three of them being the fact that they can smell extremely well. They also can replace a police officer from having to enter a hostile location. Finally dogs are extremely efficient trackers. This is why i believe dogs are a major asset to the police force and are inexpendable to the force.
Due to their lack of funding, these departments are deprived of an extremely valuable aspect that would benefit them and their community. Often when a department, which lacks a dog of its own, if faced with an extremely difficult case they will have to call in a k9 handler and dog from a nearby county. This process could take a lot of time, and depending on what this situation is, time could be very valuable in order to receive a good outcome. Each of these dogs can be trained to fit the various needs of each individual department. According to Burkhard Bilger in large cities police departments often have many k-9 dogs that are specialized for different jobs, whether it may be drug searches, explosives, or a missing person this demonstrates how each dog can be raised in a way that is most beneficial for a specific department. As Bilger acknowledged “A good dog is a natural super-soldier: strong yet acrobatic, fierce yet obedient. It can leap higher than most men, and run twice as fast. Its eyes are equipped for night vision, its ears for supersonic hearing…But its true glory is its nose (Bilger).” Bilger was able to accurately identified why police dogs are an extremely valuable tool that cannot be replaced with anything else. Shay Atik wrote in her article titled “Everything You Wanted to Know About Police Dogs,” that a dogs’ nose is almost 50 times more sensitive than a human nose, which is the number one most used quality of a k-9 dog when it comes to working in a police department (Atik). In general using a k-9 dog would help the department become more successful and productive while trying to enforce the
Most people believe that dogs should be executed for being too aggressive. For example, is a dog were to bite someone and the owner knew the dog was aggressive or could be aggressive that dog would be euthanized for its actions. Other people believe that dogs should not be executed for their actions. They believe that the owners should be blamed. Some dogs are service dogs such as police dogs. The canine unit has been used since the 1990’s and has been a great use of the dogs we have. The Department of Environmental Conservation gives information about the k-9 unit and their jobs and how they help the
Canines have been a part of law enforcement for over 100 years. Law enforcement officers train, care, and utilize service dogs to assist in criminal investigations. “They are the four-legged officers of the K-9 unit, and whether they are searching for missing children or sniffing out suspicious packages, they are part of a longstanding tradition that extends back thousands of years” (1). The first use of dogs started in Egypt and their task was to carry messages and guard army encampments. As time passed people noticed how beneficial they are and started using dogs for protection. Greeks, Persians, Babylonians, and Assyrians also started to use dogs for searching, rescuing and guarding. Romans and the Spanish conquistadors way of using dogs were for hunting, security, and war. The use of dogs made an impact that the British, German and American military forces also started the use of canines dogs. In March 1965 military dogs were approved to work in the Vietnam war. There was more than 500 dog teams deployed to ten bases by September 1966. “During the Vietnam War, American troops used dogs to clear caves and tunnels of the Vietcong, as well as to find booby traps and landmines” (2) In 1970 the use of dogs took over law enforcement in America which includes a cadaver dog, bomb-detection dog, search-and-rescue dog, or enforcement dog.
A police dog, known as a K-9 in some English-talking nations, is a canine that is particularly prepared to help police and other law-implementation staff in their work. Their obligations incorporate scanning for drugs and explosives, hunting down lost individuals, searching for wrongdoing scene confirm, and securing their handlers. Police dogs must recall a few hand and verbal charges. The most regularly utilized type is the German shepherd. Canines have been utilized for law requirement since at any rate the medieval times. Cash was then put aside in the towns for the upkeep of the ward constable 's hound dogs that were utilized for chasing down crooks. In France, canines were utilized as a part of the fourteenth century in St. Malo. Hunting dogs utilized as a part of Scotland were known as "Swamp dogs" or also known as Sleuth. The quick urbanization of London in the nineteenth century expanded open concern in regards to developing wilderness an issue that was unreasonably incredible to be managed by the current law authorization of the time. Accordingly, private affiliations were framed to battle wrongdoing. Night gatekeepers were utilized to monitor premises with a significant number of these people gave guns and puppies to shield themselves from the criminal components. One of the principal genuine endeavors to utilize dogs to help police in the recognition of wrongdoing and the fear of a criminal was made in 1869 by the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police of London,