Drug Dogs and Checkpoints

Published for NC Criminal Law on March 30, 2015.

I’ve had several questions about the role of drug dogs at motor vehicle checkpoints. The details are below, but a quick summary of the law is as follows: (1) Officers can’t lawfully run drug dogs around every vehicle stopped at a checkpoint (2) Officers can lawfully run drug dogs around cars that are pulled out ... Read more

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