New laws are forcing Canadian drug dogs into early retirement

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Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/07/26/new-laws-are-forcing-canadian.html

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Make do make do make do make do

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Link from this Cracked article.

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ITYM “make do.” Make due would be when you move up a deadline.

Of note that there’s no stories coming out of Canada about how drug legalization is a horrible thing that will force the cops to murder their drug dogs.

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Imagine the embarrassment of getting narced out by your own family pet.

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Imagine the embarrassment of finding out your dog is a bigger junkie than you are!

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Meanwhile, in Colombia: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44965951

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New laws are forcing Canadian drug dogs into early retirement

I want that dog’s problems.

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The hell with early retirement, I just want to retire before I’m too old to enjoy it!

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“I won’t sugar coat it, this dog’s life is in danger, so we’re taking him in to witness protection. He’ll be living under under an assumed identity with a new owner.”
Cue title John Wick 4

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I don’t think the dogs are worried. By the look of that photo, retirement means rolling around in all the cocaine you’ve netted.

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hopefully only “cops” will lose their jobs. LEOs can stick around

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I’ve a lot of friends and contacts in the law enforcement community. Cop isn’t a dirty word for them, at least not up here.

Is it synonymous with a loose cannon down there?

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It’s not universally a derogative, at all, but yes, more or less means the ones who are out for arrests.

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These dogs could still get jobs at the dispensaries sniffing out shoplifters.

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It’s not right that they have to retire cold turkey. You’d think they’d be allowed to taper off.

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Here in CO, growing your own marijuana is legal only if you grow a small amount and only if you don’t sell it, so there’s still plenty of policework to arrest people illegally growing a legal product… so bizarre.

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I don’t know why they even bother having the dog around. Just tell suspects “my imaginary friend says you have drugs, that’s probable cause”. Just as reliable, less hassle.

I was stopped by a Border Patrol agent once who told me he was absolutely certain, based on his 20 years of experience, I was carrying contraband. He brought out the drug dog. Surprise! The dog alerted. Or at least, the handler of the dog - who was a colleague and apparently a friend of the guy who stopped me - said that he alerted. Couldn’t exactly ask the dog myself.

They took 45 minutes going through my shit, falsely telling me a couple items were illegal and grounds for arrest (but they’d overlook it because they’re such nice guys), and came away with nothing, because I was carrying nothing.

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