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I've been watching Live PD for a few weeks and have noticed a couple of things that simply amaze me. Almost every time any cop on the show pulls over a car somehow they "claim" they smell dope and so deem they have Probable Cause to search. It's either that or they ask for permission and if denied they call out a K9 and direct them to search, even going as far as opening the doors and putting the K9 in the vehicle.
How is that not searching the car without warrant if they put the K9 police officerin the car?
The other thing that baffles me is how they have all the time with everything going on to stop everyone riding a bicycle for lack of lights at night or, just walking down the side of the street and demand ID and a search of their person "for their safety".
Anyone else think things are getting a tad out of hand when it comes to citizens rights?
LOL... the dog allegedly reacted to something it smelled in the car from the outside which apparently gave the cop probable cause to search... including letting the dog in to search.
I was watching it one time and the dog stood up in the passenger door and started scratching... I was thinking, there goes the guy's paint job.... and they found nada!
It's a TV show; they aren't going to show the stops where they give them a verbal warning for rolling a stop sign, and let the go on about their night. That doesn't make good TV.
Actually, there 's plenty of that on the show, it is filmed live, as it happens, sans a cople min buffer I'd imagine, but you see a lot of the mundane.
I do agree with OP however, in regards to them always using the line of "it smells like weed" as a way to further search, then run a dog and get the dog to alert on something, anything.
the 2nd scariest moment of my life, and I've had a few scary moments, was when a cop pulled us, 4 teens, over for speeding in the 1970s. we had a big joint sitting in the space between the dash and the front windshield rolled in bright yellow paper. we were on the way to a rolling stones concert and just threw it up there without thinking when we started our journey. the officer should have seen it. may have seen it. he didn't say a word if he did. he let all four of us go with a warning for speeding. at that time in texas one joint could have put all of us in jail for years. I've loved the cops ever since that day. even when they have given me subsequent speeding tickets.
We were all smoking pot in the car in the hills above town when a cop came by and cheerfully told us to wrap things up, not leave the car and head out. Then he got in his car and drove off. This was maybe 2 years after wildfires ravaged the hills and dozens of homes in the area.
Of course if he had stepped out and lit the hillside on fire or drove off a cliff, the cop would be in trouble for not throwing us in jail for the good of society.
Also declined consent to search like 7 years ago (walking down the street in the middle of the night, long hair and beard at the time). He tried to push a little, mentioning both marijuana and burglaries in the area, then let me go (I have no criminal record, don't use drugs, drink etc).
I drive through high crime areas at all hours of the day and night because of my rotating shifts. It is blatantly obvious which drivers or bicycle riders are involved in criminal activity. To the novice, they’re just driving or riding along doing nothing. Where they’re coming from, where they’re going, at what speed are they traveling, how they are driving or riding, and their body language all play a part in telling me what they’re up to. Cops see this as well. They know these people are in the process of committing a crime but need a justification to pull them over. Burnt light, no lights on bicycle, riding bicycle in the wrong lane of traffic, rolling stop at stop sign, excessively dark window tint, illegal headlights, etc. are all valid reasons used for a traffic stop.
Actually, there 's plenty of that on the show, it is filmed live, as it happens, sans a cople min buffer I'd imagine, but you see a lot of the mundane.
I do agree with OP however, in regards to them always using the line of "it smells like weed" as a way to further search, then run a dog and get the dog to alert on something, anything.
It's filmed live, however, they switch between departments and go to the one that's seeing the action.
2010 - don't smoke pot or drink, try to eat healthy
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