The Latest Law Enforcement Trend: Porn Sniffing DogsBy Joshua Krause Unfortunately the government doesnt work like the private world. Unneeded positions are simply given a new purpose rather than being removed, regardless of how stupid that new purpose may be. Which is why in the future, youre going to see a lot of police departments adopting what the media has dubbed porn sniffing dogs. Of course, these dogs dont sniff out grubby magazines and old VHS tapes. They can sense hidden flash drives, because theyre taught to seek out an adhesive that is commonly found in SD cards and USB drives. The term porn sniffing dog was first coined after one of these animals aided in the arrest of former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle. While theres no doubt that these dogs can help from time to time, as PINAC has pointed out, their costs likely outweigh their utility. SD cards are literally everywhere in modern society, so having a dog indicate their presence seems hardly requisite by the typical police officer. But law enforcement agencies look for the next big thing or shiny toy all the time, and after last years news that former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle had been convicted with the help of a supposed porn sniffing dog, popularity and demand seems to be increasing from police for K9 partners. The big marketing pitch is landing home in far flung law enforcement communities, with big budgets and with the waning usefulness of dogs in law enforcement, many K9 specialist officers whose skills would otherwise be unused, without a dog to handle. More importantly, these dogs may open a whole new avenue for the police to violate your rights. As of now these dogs are being presented by the media as the latest and greatest tool for combating child predators who may have illicit pornography stashed away on a flash drive. Thats certainly noble, but that wont be the end of it. It wont be long before these dogs are used for everything. After all, just about any crime you can think of may potentially have evidence on a flash drive. In the future, being accused of any crime, no matter how trivial, could lead to a search for evidence on flash drives. The police could use a minor accusation as an excuse to find evidence of a more serious crime before sending out the dogs to sniff out your flash drives, and every private moment you have saved on them. In fact, thats pretty much how drug dogs are used now. Drug dogs give cops plenty of opportunities to violate your 4th Amendment rights, because though they have a powerful sense of smell, they have been bred for thousands of years to appease their owners. If a cop expects to find drugs in your car, theres a good chance that the dog will pick up on that desire and give a false reading. Once the dog signals back to his handler that there are drugs, your 4th Amendment rights dont mean squat. And that doesnt consider the possibility of the handler deliberately signaling to his dog. Who would have thought that mans best friend could provide so many ways to aid our police state? Joshua Krause is a reporter, writer and researcher at The Daily Sheeple. He was born and raised in the Bay Area and is a freelance writer and author. You can follow Joshuas reports at Facebook or on his personal Twitter. Joshuas website is Strange Danger. Any person using our best friends against us is a despicable human being. I have been employed in Law Enforcement and have found that in a large percentage of cases our Constitutional Rights are not upheld. We need to return to constitutional parameters and guidance in this used to be Republic, which means we need to follow the IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX amendments regarding arrest, search, seizures. THE CONSTITUTION and BILL of RIGHTS are the absolute law of the LAND after the KJV Bible and they are based on it as well 2 bullets instead of one if you violate my rights. So, one is not allowed to post links here at activist post? Are you kidding me? See you later activist post, man! Its lost on me Im hiding a SD drive in my pocket so what. These dogs would be better off sniffing crotches at the airport. 