Teen, like, totally had car illegally sniffed by Addison police dog, dude

Scott Doyle, says:

iirc, dog sniffing around outside the vehicle doesn't require a warrant. But wtf do I know, I'm just an internet person.

Methinks Erin is on to something. Was the kid carrying? Is daddy DPD cop in denial?

Travis Bush, says:

It is probably a good lesson for him. It is all good and fine to exercise your right to object to a search of your vehicle, but if you have nothing to hide, the best thing to do is let them search. The police will inevitably forget they need to have reasonable cause and use your refusal to search as a reason to harass, call in other officers to the scene, deploy a k-9 unit, and sometimes try to obtain a warrant based on a k-9 "hit". His dad should have already told him this stuff and most definitely told him that he should have asked the officer if he was free to go after the citation was issued.

Pavel Lishin, says:

"if you have nothing to hide, the best thing to do is let them search."

I disagree. But maybe I'm the only one whose shady friends might have left something illegal in the back seat of the car while drunk.

The way I see it, if I have nothing to hide, they have no probable cause. Unless I'm on my way to something very time sensitive, I'd be glad to waste some of my time - and theirs - standing up for principles.

Travis Bush, says:

"But maybe I'm the only one whose shady friends might have left something illegal in the back seat of the car while drunk."

Yes, probably the only one.

"I'd be glad to waste some of my time - and theirs - standing up for principles."

Agreed, but for a teen, it might not be the best way to start your record of police interaction. Especially in a small town.

Pavel Lishin, says:

If I lived in a podunk town - and I have - I would tend to agree, based on practicality, if nothing else. However, this is Addison.

Travis Bush, says:

Pavel, we probably have a different version of what "small town" is. A small police force can make for a rather vindictive entity. This is probably a fact that the DPD officer knew and also skirts as a matter of "denial".

Scott Doyle, says:

Wait a second, did the officer actually search the kid's car...or are they just bitching that a dog jumped in it? There's nothing indicating the officer actually performed a search after the dog entered.

Either way, end of the vid states internal affairs cleared the officer. Even if there was a search and nothing was found - why make this big a deal out of it? Especially since the kid's dad should know stories like this hurt police rep in general...not just Addison PD.

Travis Bush, says:

There goes Doyle trying to pass Peg news comments as viable Community Service hours again...