Brent P wrote:
> In article >, Fred G. Mackey wrote:
>
>
>>http://judiciary.senate.gov/oldsite/330200rg.htm
>>
>><quote>
>>Trooper Perry called for the K-9 unit from the second patrol car. I said
>>I wanted to watch the search and we got out of the car. The dog walked
>>around the outside of the vehicle. The dog did not ?alert.? He did not
>>bark, scratch, whimper or sit down, although the trooper kept patting
>>certain areas of the car and would not let the dog walk away. Even
>>though the dog did not alert, the second trooper patted the right wheel
>>well and claimed that the dog had alerted. He said he would conduct a
>>full scale search now. I have been trained in using dogs and thought
>>that the search was highly improper and unusually suggestive.
>
>
> Isn't this *EXACTLY* what jaybird told me -NEVER- happens and I was just
> paranoid? ? The cop just says the dog alerted or he makes the dog
> alert.
>

Yup. And we all know it does happen. I used to work with some guys
that said a former coworker had a vehicle completely disassembled at the
US/Canada border just because he mouthed off to a border guard
(apparently this guy was not the brightest bulb in the candelabra.)

>
>
>>Trooper Perry ordered Gregory and me to get back into the car. At this
>>point, I became really worried that the Troopers were going to plant
>>illegal contraband in my car. Trooper Perry then got the drill and took
>>over the search. He began drilling under the carpet at the feet of the
>>passenger side. Trooper Perry came back to the car and stated that he
>>had found ?something.? The two troopers spoke privately. I was then
>>accused of having a secret compartment in my car that had drug residue
>>in it. This compartment was actually a footrest that was a feature of
>>the car.
>></quote>
>
>
> The rest of the story gets even worse.... just the sort of thing I'm told
> doesn't happen. It's congressional testimony though.
>

The above really scares me because Porsches pretty much all have "false
floors" and they tend to hide important, expensive stuff under them...
like engine computers. A cop could easily destroy a car simply by
drilling a hole in the floor. I mean, the car would still be OK, but it
would cost more to buy a new computer from Porsche than the car is worth.

nate

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