Police can walk a drug dog around the vehicle during any legitimate traffic stop. If the dog signals that it smells drugs, police then have probable cause to conduct a search. However, and this is a big however, the ruling does not allow police to detain you indefinitely until dogs arrive.  That same court also ruled a detention of 7-8 minutes to wait for a drug dog to arrive violated the fourth amendment.

Basically, if police can’t bring a dog to the scene in the time it takes to run your tags and write a ticket, the use of the dog becomes constitutionally suspect. So if you’re pulled over and police threaten to call in the dogs, do not give in and consent to a search.  By the time the drug dog arrives, it will have been an unreasonable detention in violation of the fourth amendment.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/1″ css=”.vc_custom_1454187181753{border: 1px solid #000000 !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Follow Us on Social Media” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_facebook type=”standard”][vc_tweetmeme type=”horizontal”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/1″][vc_single_image image=”3683″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” border_color=”black” img_link_large=”” img_link_target=”_self” img_size=”full”][vc_wp_search][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=”sidebar-blog2″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]