By AFP Today, 9:45 pm. lucky me eh? In fact, their use in the UK is not regulated by law at all. Firstly, its worth noting that not all dogs at the festival will be drug detection dogs. During the pandemic, NSW police gave its sniffer dog operations a hiatus as the streets were empty. In actuality, the box was never opened inside the church. This scale back, then, whilst currently limited to the South-east, is still enormous and a significant victory. They also have the power to confiscate anything illegal that they find if you agreed to the search. Thanks for the tips though. Pasted as rich text. But why? Under Article 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, the police have the power to search someone if they have reasonable grounds to suspect that they are in possession of illegal drugs. Ombudsman Bruce Barbour found police uncovered drugs only 26 percent of the time that dogs gave a positive indication. So there you go no more myths about sniffer dogs, but Im afraid youll have to debunk the other festival rumours by yourself. Release61 Mansell Street, London E1 8AN, experiment in California published in 2011, Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) 1984, potential for [dog searches] to affect public trust adversely, UK Festivals & Sniffer Dogs: Their Regulations, Your Rights. Festivals, unfortunately, represent one of the few caveats to the above. 17:35, 9 JUN 2019. Oxenhams research led him to a groundbreaking 2011 study by Lisa Lit published in the journal Animal Cognition. The use of sniffer dogs, sometimes known as "passive alert detection dogs", is a part of general police practice across the world, having seen their first use in the UK as early as 1888 . After a false positive indication by a sniffer dog, the girl was taken by police to a tent inside the festival grounds and told to remove her clothing. the likelihood of getting caught that way , even after a search, is alot less. At festivals, as at sports events, concerts, and organised parties, the police do not require reasonable suspicion to search you. Whether they do it at an effective rate remains up in the air, but the fact that having drugs on you is very likely to set off a sniffer dog is just conventional wisdom, right? It's also not enough to just have a good sense of smell to be a good sniffer dog. Regardless, the inquest is yet another reminder of the danger of taking drugs at music festivals across the country, where mixed into a cocktail of heat and alcohol can, and has proven deadly. Nunn is nonetheless still convinced of their effectiveness. Every year the police attend these festivals, but the real action is happening back at HQ where the media liaison officer is busy preparing a statement to be sent to an eager and awaiting press. Drug sniffing dogs are a lot more productive than you guys think. Use your loaf, be sensible - do not. I had 1/2 oz of stank ass bud on me the whole time, dog never gave a fuck. In the study, researchers tested the efficacy of drugs dogs and their handlers, with some tweaks to the traditional dog training methods. marathonsteve The results were almost totally negative. Of course, her accidental overdose was just that, an accident. Oxenham ends his article by citing a 2012 study of ecstasy users, which found a minority of users responding to the sight of drug dogs by immediately consuming all of their drugs, putting themselves at risk of overdose. Dont look sketched out or try to avoid the dogs. Whats more, they need reasonable grounds to have taken place. Oh i'm definatly not implying that your running the weed 'racket' this year by freaking out all the paranoid pot heads and then making a killing by selling it on the inside, i'm on to you this is one paranoid pot head you wont be getting the better of. While some locations that were labelled as containing drugs contained neither drugs nor sausages. 1 Bloodhound 2 Basset Hound 3 Beagle 4 German Shepherd 5 Labrador Retriever 6 Belgian Malinois 7 English Springer Spaniel 8 Coonhound 9 German Shorthaired Pointer 10 Pointer The most common trait these dogs share is their long, slender noses. Indeed, there is precedent when it comes to sniffs themselves being considered searches. Researchers tested drugs dogs and . They are mostly used for an intimidation factor. Subjecting civilians to a passing search, however, not only turns being out in public into a threatening environment where officers accompanied by dogs are pitted against us, but when somethings detected its usually a small amount of cannabis, which is now a legal act in the capital. Or are the use of these dogs a waste of time and money? You could be a police officer looking to increase security. Giving consent to search as a condition of entry means that police can effectively conduct blanket searches, with dogs or otherwise. These days, seeing a sniffer dog at a train station is a regular part of life in NSW. The rate of positive discrimination in subjects with positive SARS-CoV-2 serology and negative SARS-CoV-2 serology was 36.4% and 55.2%, respectively. The future of sniffer dogs and the festivals exemption. Roger Flett, a former army dog trainer currently working at the National Association of Specialist Dog Users, says: You can train several target scents. With 80,000 festival-goers pouring through the gates at Heaton Park for the second day of . This is an unbeatable method that i use and would HIGHLY recommend. Will consider that option for sure then. Drug detection dogs tracing the lines out front of music festivals has become the norm in New South Wales. Copyright 2020 by Train That Pooch. Only 2.4 percent of detections happened at "dance parties. Seem many a people try to skip the dogs and drawing attention. Sniffer dog indications, with a 25 per cent reliability rate, can hardly be called accurate. Joined: Apr 24, 2009 Messages: 18,361 You will defs get caught if you smuggle weed into the festival. Most people will have a quick search made by security. If they were real drug sniffing dogs they would have a heart attack from being so surrounded by drugs. The dogs will, quite a lot of the time, ignore the smaller scents and go for the bigger scents, Flett explains. Just because the dogs can be influenced, doesn't mean they can't do their jobs. Also bleach will only work for some scents and not others. In the past, sniffer dogs have regularly policed popular summer festivals such as Stereosonic, Big Day Out, Future Music Festival and Soundwave. TICKETS. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. El_quinto Connoisseur of fine Cannabis #3 El_quinto, Aug 20, 2016 Easy fix bro. The point of requiring reasonable suspicion is to make sure were not searched arbitrarily*,For police to do so would be a breach of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) 1984,which outlines the laws surrounding stop and search. Not only are dogs man's best friend, but they're also one of the most challenging working species on our planet! The report showed that in 2011 New South Wales police officers carried out 14,102 searches on people as a result of a sniffer dog indicating the presence of an illegal drug. Cheers for the tips mate . The use of sniffer dogs, sometimes known as "passive alert detection dogs", is a part of general police practice across the world, having seen their first use in the UK as early as 1888 . Over 100 were busted with illicit substance at Sydneys Big Day Out just this weekend. Your previous content has been restored. At the 2021 South Beach Wine & Food Festival, dogs trained by Florida International University's International Forensic Research Institute to detect Covid-19 made sure attendees passed the sniff . It's a safe bet that most dogs in fesitivals are inexperienced or being trained for crowd control, not actual drug sniffing dogs. Cheers bud! Theres something uniquely ridiculous about festivals and the rumours they generate. What we found was that the majority had come into contact with a drug detection dog in the six months preceding the interview, but they dont really see them as a deterrent, he said. Started Tuesday at 08:50 PM, For gig news, info & tickets see eGigs.co.uk, copyright eFestivals.co.uk 1998-2023 The Premier . fair play that's pretty reassuring! End of the day was easy, its more of a legality to them. try your own bunghole that way nobody can run away with your shit in thier hole. It would have to have a bleach bath and be completely sterile to not be caught by them. Its hard not to feel though that music is often used as a political football when it comes to drug policy, and its not just music festivals who draw the short straw. If the dog detected COVID on the mask, that person would be asked to step out of line . The smell of me shitting myself may have masked everything else though. Of course, dogs with the best sense of smell are going to make the best sniffers! Once the dogs handlers are factored in, the evidence on their efficacy is even more damning. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below. But festival season also brings with the annual stand off between Police and sniffer dogs, and patrons looking to take drugs. More over looking for the big sashes to insure they're not being sold. I got to the 9 months later bit and thought YOU are going to tell US that that is WAS YOU that came OUT ! Dogs will often sniff their way through cars, bags, and up and down the legs of festival goers. I was at spring awakening in chicago waiting in line with my boy when a german shepherd comes up to this guy about 6 feet away from us, smell his crotch, and sits down with his nose pointed at guy. Festival season is well and truly in full swing, bringing hundreds of thousands of Australians out into the sun to see some of the best musicians from around Australia and the world. The very fear that theparliamentarysecretary of the police described. Sniffer dogs are very bad at their job. But NSW police and the Perrottet government are continuing to allow officers to subject young people to searches over small amounts of what is legal in a jurisdiction that sits in the middle of this state, and this is often to the point of traumatising them by insisting they take their clothes off. The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, introduced in 2000, is a supposedly complete legal framework for the use of surveillance. "An example of this can be found at the airport, where we go through a magnetometer that costs millions of dollars and can detect if we are carrying . A sniffer dog and handler at Y Not Festival. Does this mean, then, that searches based on sniffer dog indications are an unlawful breach of privacy? You have to assume that the timing is merely an unfortunate coincidence given the Big Day Out is due to roll into Perth in just a few days, although with the problems the festival has been having in Claremont, it isnt hard to imagine there could be some politically motivated tactics at play. Further research suggests dogs are able to interpret human eye contact, head and body orientation, and glances. Then be sure to leave a comment and check out the rest of our site! And according to all the evidence, he's mostly right. There are many reasons you may consider getting drug-sniffing dogs. VICE spoke to experts to finally debunk the hearsay. The warrantless use of sniffer dogs in the community commenced following the 2000 Sydney Olympics and laws clarifying and expanding their use were passed in 2001. Ahahahaha wouldnt be surprised! Will people continue to take drugs at music events and festivals? Similarly to the cases above, it was introduced after the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the use of surveillance technology, namely phone tapping devices, lacked a basis in legislation and was therefore illegal. On the other hand, if you did enter the festival and were indicated by a dog, the police would then be free to search you under PACE. Yoghurt on a Stick The only exception to whether a sniff is considered an illegal search, then, is if you're "funnelled, delayed, targeted, interfered with . Traces of deadly substances were found in two of the 85 samples offered up for testing. ", WATCH: VICE has teamed up with harm minimisation group The Loop to bring you Safe Sesh. A report released by New South Wales Greens MP David Shoebridge in 2011 showed that according to NSW Police figures, in a staggering 80 per cent of cases sniffer dogs came up with a false positive. All rights reserved. It sounds like they don't want anyone coming or maybe someone made up the drug dog story. The police were obviouly on the prowl and i witnessed many people being singled out simply because of the wey they dressed or were presenting themselves. One report sent to Release by a UK festival-goer describes how they were subjected to a strip search by police. The bite-y ones can be various breeds, but you mainly find that German shepherds meet the criteria because theyre very disciplined and very controlled. funny you say that my best mates sister who's a model to boot stored all our gear up there once Lol Im considering asking a lady friend to do a bit of ''storage'. That's why these are the best sniffer dogs. A fourth dog, a German shepherd called Valo, is currently in training to begin work at the airport testing booth. 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