sniffer dogs
More Data Shows How Completely Unreliable Sniffer Dogs Are
Their success rate is dismal, they’re expensive as hell, but the police and governments just keep backing them.
Rainbow Serpent Showed Sniffer Dogs Can't Keep Drugs Out of Music Festivals
"I was just hoping our car didn’t get searched... I was just going to down my stash if they did."
Why Is Australia Following America’s Lead Into a Hellish Drug War?
We’re filling our jails, hospitals, and rehab waiting lists. Fast.
Three NSW Police Officers Have Been Caught Trolling an Anti-Sniffer Dog Facebook Page
Sniff Off allows users to post alerts when they see police dog operations around Sydney. The page's administrators contacted us when officers were caught denying their whereabouts.
A Facebook Site Is Helping Australians Dodge Drug-Sniffing Dogs
The Sniff Off group is managed by activists who say that the use of the dogs results in too many false positives and violates citizens' rights.
Mighty Mice: Chinese-Trained Rodents Could Take Over From Sniffer Dogs
A team of Chinese scientists has trained a fleet of mice to recognize different smells with 98 percent accuracy, and says the rodents could put sniffer dogs out of a job.
Australia Needs to Talk About Drug Sniffing Dogs
While NSW police figures show exceedingly low drug conviction rates, some say they target minorities and may even lead to higher instances of overdose.
Australia's Best Failed Drug Smuggling Efforts of 2014
Wine casks and lava lamps are two of the more surprising ways people tried to bring drugs into Australia with last year.
Going On Patrol with Boomtown Festival Security
Festival bouncers care about you much more than you'd think.
I Went Stop and Searching in Soho with the London Met
Hanging out with sniffer dogs and nervous drunk people on Saturday night.