Law enforcement

Mich. ruling allows K-9 units to sniff without warrant

Posted by okami

GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. - Police - or at least K-9 units - now can go sniffing around outside your house even without a warrant.

A recent court ruling said police don't need a search warrant to take drug-sniffing dogs to the front door of homes, as long as they have a tip there are illegal drugs there.

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Arianna Huffington: In the Age of Terror, Isn't Busting Toe-Tappers an Insane Use of Our Law Enforce

Posted by Damianmann from Huffington Post

In the consensus judgment of America's 16 intelligence agencies, the terrorist threat to our homeland is "persistent and evolving," placing our country in "a heightened threat environment." Given that chilling assessment, isn't it the height of madness to use America's finite law enforcement resources to seek out and arrest people for tapping the foot of a cute undercover officer in a restroom?

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