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For years, dogs in police K-9 units have been used to detect several illegal drugs, including marijuana, but with pot’s legalization in Washington, there has been a complication.
Since the dog may be detecting a legal amount of marijuana – and can’t communicate that it is detecting another drug or a humongous amount of pot – police and sheriff’s deputies now have to document additional reasons why they believe an illegal amount of marijuana or a different controlled substance has been found. Otherwise, their search might not have probable cause and could be deemed illegal by a court.
“They’re not being retrained,” Sgt. Keith Cooper, of the Whitman County Sheriff’s Office, said. “It’s almost impossible.”
Still, Cooper said, “We don’t plan on getting rid of our dog.”
Cooper’s K-9 partner Unix, a German shepherd the sheriff’s office purchased in 2009 from Germany, was trained before the legalization of marijuana and can identify marijuana, methamphetamine,...
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