- Replacing all of the K-9 units in the state would cost millions, which Buffett said would fall on each individual law enforcement agency.
Because many K-9s are trained not to be social so their work won’t be affected, Larner said a number of dogs would likely have to be euthanized.
Dan Linn, executive director of the marijuana advocacy group Illinois NORML, called that suggestion a “red herring.”
“The idea that legalizing for adults to have an ounce on them will equal ... all these dogs being euthanized, that seems kind of ridiculous and hyperbolic,” he said.
Both Mendiola and Petrilli said retired K-9s in Bloomington and Normal typically continue to live with their handlers, and dismissed the idea that any would be euthanized because of retirement.
A simply unacceptable number of "drug" sniffing dogs are really just handler pleasing probable cause machines. They can tell when their handler wants them to alert and a dogs desire to please it's master is hardwired way deeper than any drug detection training. I'll just throw these few post out there for anyone's perusal. I often like this guys legal writing. I'm sure there are better breakdowns on drug sniffing dogs but his blog was where I started to pay attention to what bullshit drug pups were. https://blog.simplejustice.us/2012/11/07/to-the-dogs/ https://blog.simplejustice.us/2011/04/27/the-reliable-magic-sniffing-dog/