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Racist dogs in LA?

 
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Lucas



Joined: 11 Sep 2012

PostPosted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 7:52 pm    Post subject: Racist dogs in LA? Reply with quote

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/345030/LA-police-dogs-accused-of-racism-for-only-biting-African-Americans-and-Latinos
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Leon



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 5:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"The limited court oversight and lack of uniform standards leave vast discrepancies in the skills of dog-and-officer teams, experts agreed.

Dog handlers can accidentally cue alerts from their dogs by leading them too slowly or too many times around a vehicle, said Lawrence Myers, an Auburn University professor who studies detector dogs. Myers pointed to the "Clever Hans" phenomenon in the early 1900s, named after a horse whose owner claimed the animal could read and do math before a psychologist determined the horse was actually responding to his master's unwitting cues.

Training is the key to eliminating accidental cues and false alerts, said Paul Waggoner of Auburn's detector-dog research program.

"Is there a potential for handlers to cue these dogs to alert?" he asked. "The answer is a big, resounding yes."

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-01-06/news/ct-met-canine-officers-20110105_1_drug-sniffing-dogs-alex-rothacker-drug-dog/2

It's not the dogs, but the handlers.
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Captain Corea



Joined: 28 Feb 2005
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 5:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Leon wrote:
It's not the dogs, but the handlers.


The more I watch the Dog Whisperer, the more I agree. Very Happy
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Lucas



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 5:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qll_SE9t8lo

^ I've found the ring leader. He has links to the extreme right.

The funny thing is he's black himself!
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