Are the police allowed to threaten and actually bring a canine to a motor vehicle stop for a ‘sniff’ of a car?

August 13, 2017

Submitted by New Jersey Criminal Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. Our New Jersey Supreme Court decided on July 10, 2017 that New Jersey police can bring a dog to a motor vehicle stop without reasonable suspicion so long as the dog sniff does not prolong the stop beyond the time required to complete the stop’s mission. In…

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