{"id":62748,"date":"2026-01-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=62748"},"modified":"2026-01-10T11:52:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T16:52:59","slug":"d-d-c-a-dozen-officers-involved-in-traffic-stop-slow-walked-it-for-drug-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=62748","title":{"rendered":"D.D.C.: A dozen officers involved in traffic stop slow walked it for drug dog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A dozen officers purposely delayed the traffic stop for a dog sniff. \u201cThe Government has failed to show that police conducted this stop in a reasonably diligent manner. To the contrary, Officer Brennan’s decision to delegate all four warnings to a single officer\u2014especially one who was unfamiliar with the process of writing D.C. tickets\u2014was slow, inefficient, and not the least intrusive means of completing the stop reasonably available under the circumstances. At least a dozen officers were present. Officer Callahan testified that Officer Brennan would have been more efficient at writing D.C. tickets given his D.C. experience. \u2026 Yet the Government has offered no explanation for why it was reasonably diligent for a single inexperienced officer to handle all four warnings when a dozen officers were present.\u201d United States v. Blackson<\/a>, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3457 (D.D.C. Jan. 8, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dog sniff here was completed before the traffic tickets were done, so no Rodriguez violation. United States v. Corker, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 444 (11th Cir. Jan. 8, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNor has Perdomo adequately alleged that the Officers conducted a false arrest or unreasonable seizure. The Fourth Amendment permits arrests supported by probable cause.\u201d Perdomo v. City of League City, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 364 (5th Cir. Jan. 7, 2026).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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