Powder mix-up fools sniffer dogs
Dogs can be vital to police work, but only if they know what to sniff for
(news today)
A team of Australian drug sniffer dogs has been sent back for retraining, after it was found they could only track talcum powder, not cocaine.
Melbourne police found that the white powder used to hone the dogs’ nostrils was not in fact an illegal substance.
A probe is now under way to see whether any illicit drugs have gone missing.
“They’re very good at detecting talcum powder,” joked Assistant Commissioner Paul Evans. “If there’s any missing kids, we’ll find them fairly quickly.”
Well, as Uncle Pavlov explained ‘We’re all salivating at some thought or other, but are we sure it’s not just talcum powder?”
Or did dog-handler K.Rove switch the power-powder on his programmed sniffer?
but to track down illegal shipments of smuggled talcum powder used by terrorists to disrupt the western personal care product economy.
Or the Oz canines could be shipped to the States to detect faux packages of anthrax.
Or if a million people posted talc to every main address in DC? That would keep all the useless people away from the place for a while. Give them time to ponder their actions.
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Aussies and Howard & Co.
I did tell Bud these were the once in a lifetime anthrax dogs.
Wrong place, wrong time, even wrong dogs!
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3 basic commands that KRove uses with the GOP dogs
Sit
Stay
Roll over
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LOL I enjoyed it.
Howard & Co are also part of our coalition of the willing in Iraq, great stuff!
In Iraq the Aussies are … training policemen!
Better do an evaluation on what came out of it asap.
The Aussies should stick with sports and sheep shearing, they are world champs.
Sniffing dogs are a different breed!
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I’m happy to bring a chuckle to Saturday afternoon 😉
Oh lord the FA Cup Final has gone into the second half – Gotta Goooo!
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Manchester Unitedd vs Arsenal the Gunners
Into overtime, never mind, it will be decided by a Dutchman: van Nistelrooy or van Persie.
Although the argument is …
Glazer won it ALL!
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favourite toy. The trainer coats the toy with illegal substances and the dog forever associates that smell
with his beloved toy. Then the trainer keeps hiding the toy on the dog.
How are they going to retrain them after that?
Has anyone been sniffed by a dog while travelling?
No, but I have been dogged by a sniff while in Belgium
Good one.
Our AMTRAK rail car was sniffed and modesty prevents me
from describing the experience. It was humiliating
and awful.
I can imagine
Dam, it’s a good thing they didn’t use baking soda to train the dogs…why, well since you asked I smoke yet hate the smell of cigarette smoke(i know i know stupid but there it is)…so my solution is to keep baking soda in all my ashtrays to help absorb the smoke.
This means I usually have 6/7 huge boxes of baking soda on hand to keep ashtrays in the white stuff..ha. Or in other words you might say my apt. is a baking soda mecca..
I do know I’ve gotten strange looks from people who don’t know me who come into my apt. and see ashtrays around piled with a pristine white substance…
I think you are just giving us a line here ;.)
No kidding, have been buying baking soda in bulk for years and it actually seems to work to some extent to cut down on smoke smell in my apartment.
I also one time years ago had occasion to call police to come out to apartment(and with my 10 year nephew there also) and when they entered I noticed they were completely distracted by my ashtrays….like I’d have a pile of illegal drugs just sitting around when I knew police would show up. So had to go through whole little speech about baking soda/cigarette smell…but I could tell they were dying to taste it just to make sure..ha ha
Great story
(Thinks – I must try it myself)