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N.D.Ind.: Uncertified drug dog was still qualified by track record

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

The government [just barely] showed that the drug dog and the handler were "well qualified" (Caballes). While the dog was certified through 2006, it was not certified since, but its general reliability was enough. [Essentially, the handler can make the dog qualify by testifying to a good track record.] United States v. Colon-Arenas, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 77953 (N.D. Ind. August 25, 2009): The record discloses that this dog and handler were well-trained. They underwent a five-week training period together, and five subsequent two-day sessions that each provided fifteen hours of training. Although that training ended thirty months before the Monte Carlo search, Officer Kanaar continued to provide the dog with eight hours of training per month...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on September 03, 2009 (boomark / email).