Xanthro
3 hours ago

After all, how could a dog be biased during interactions with the public?

Do you have dogs?

People who have or interact with dogs, know that dogs will try and please the people around them.

There was a famous experiment, which "proved" wolves were smarter than dogs. They put both in the same chainlink fenced area (one at a time, not both together) and timed how quickly the canine was able to escape the pen. Wolves ALWAYS won. 100% of the time, the wolf was able to escape in a shorter period of time. In fact, many times, the dogs never escaped, despite making rounds around the area and checking for what looked like escape routes.

Then someone pointed out, that the dogs are likely not even trying to escape, because they know they are supposed to stay in the pen. So, the experiment was changed, so that the dogs owner would call for help, and suddenly, the dogs always beat the wolves in time to escape, and it wasn't even close.

Dog behavior is GREATLY affected by human interaction, even when humans are not nearby. Dogs are even more affected when humans are close.

There is no such thing as an impartial dog.

BTW, not only was the reason for the traffic stop invalid, the entire stop would be invalid the moment the officer states that he doesn't write tickets. A traffic stop is over once the initial reason for the stop is complete, nor can the stop be extended. The moment the officer stated that he wasn't writing a ticket, the person should have been free to leave, but obviously he was not. That is an unlawful detainment.

Let's be honest, the reason for the stop was the hope of finding money that could be stolen via forfeiture.