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Updated: 12:12 PM May 22, 2008
Court Rules in Favor of Drug-Sniffing Dogs
A Michigan court lets police use dogs to sniff outside of homes without a search warrant. Posted: 7:50 AM May 22, 2008Reporter: Associated Press |
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What they are trying to get at is that since your porch (most of the time) is in plain view of public, that officers have the right to use dogs to sniff for drugs. It doesn't say they have the right to do anything else. But, it's kinda like, if you were doing some illegal, such as doing drugs or walking around without clothes on, on your porch or front yard, a police officer can and will take action even though it might be on private property. And they can still prosecute a peeping-tom and stalking because they are not drug sniffing dogs or police officers. Another example is alcohol. When an officer is at a front door of a hour and sees liquor when they door is open, and expects underage drinking, they can take action...even though the liquor is on private property. But why does it matter. They won't use them unless they think you have drugs!
I Think this is trespassing. Who are these judges that think that your front porch is public property? Does that mean that your front yard is public? We can go and do what ever we want on the judges front porch? Come on, this is a bunch of bull. Just another way to try to get the budget balanced. Gas prices are up, jobs are gone, the state is trying to take more money from people that have no money. Quit looking into the constitution so deep and use common sense when interpreting it.
This is unwarranted search! Outside your door is not public property. My door is 100 feet from the road. How is that public? The 4th Ammendment needs to be defined more clearly.
If there is no reasonable expectation of privacy on the front porch, then how could you ever prosecute a peeping-tom? or stalking? Your front porch is not open to the public. What happened to trespassing? That must now be thrown out too.
I feel, if you have nothing to hide, then why be afrain of drug sniffing dogs on your lawn? They will obviously have a reason to be using the dogs in the first place, and if they are not bothering you, who cares? As long as their not in my house I am cool with it.
This is very troubling indeed. The entrance to your property is not, as the judge says, your front porch. It is where the sidewalk ends. Once on your driveway, someone is on private property.