Fry-d- said:So far the sniffer dogs are just rumours. Has anyone actually heard anything about this? IF the police are planning to use dogs, which I am trying to confirm, I would guess it would be at the showgrounds or isolated to one location not on each and every train/station. Perth doesn't have a whole lot of dogs and handlers like Sydney does.
I would plan to take the train and use a bus like Benno suggested if your worried.
Don't get behind the wheel of a car if your impaired by anything, thats just plain stupid.
Dogs Kept on leash for Big Day Out
Patrons at tomorrows Big Day Out at Claremont Showgrounds will not have to run the gaunlet of police sniffer dogs like those at the Event in Sydney.
Police will have a strong presence, with more than 30 officers patrolling the grounds on foot, mounted patrols outside, traffic police on the surrounding streets and transit police on trains.
NSW police mounted a highly publicised crackdown on dugs at the Sydney event, using sniffer dogs to check festival goers at railway stations.
Sen. Const. Nick Steel, of the crime prevention and diversity unit, said a big number of private security guards would take care of croud control but police would step in where needed.
People ejected from the venue who tried to get back in could be arested.
Taken from The West Australian 5/2/05
Fry-d- said:Well it seems the West Australian contacted the police this week and asked the same questions with a better result.
Good news
roll@rise said:Well, the problem is that the trains & train stations are what the cops are targeting, so you guys that are taking stuff needa stay away from them.
Michelle_Chung said:Hi all,
As some of you might know, the NSW Ombudsman is doing a review of drug detection dogs, or sniffer dogs. Over the past three years, we have been studying the way that police use the dogs. Eventually, we will report to Parliament on our research.
It has recently been announced that the sniffer dogs will be at the Big Day Out in Sydney.
We would like to hear from you if you had any contact with the sniffer dogs, particularly if you were searched.
This will be your chance to make sure your experience with sniffer dogs gets on the record.
This is not about making complaints about the dogs, it is about helping us to put together a fuller picture of how the dogs are being used and how it is affecting the community. If you decide to get in touch with us, some things you might think about first are how the police treated you and how it made you feel.
Any stories you provide are confidential. You can post to this thread or email me at [email protected]. If you would prefer to talk, or if you have any questions, you can call me directly on (02) 9286-0973.
By the way, if you are interested in finding out more, we have written a discussion paper on drug detection dogs. You can download it here.
Consideration of these materials led the
Crown Solicitor to conclude:
If police propose to use a dog in a public place outside the entrance to a public place
specified in cl.7 to carry out general drug detection in relation to persons in the former
public place who seek to enter or have left the latter public place, it seems that Police
will have to obtain a warrant pursuant to cl.8.193
The Crown Solicitor’s advice has directly influenced police practice. The ‘Drug
Detection Dogs Management Operational Guidelines’ quotes the above extract from
the Crown Solicitor’s advice194 and adds:
In light of that advice, if people who are seeking to enter a public place or have left a
public place as specified in section 7 of the Act, and are then in a public place as
otherwise defined, a drug detection dog cannot be used to conduct a general drug
detection without a warrant.195
In practice this has meant that unless police have obtained a warrant they will not
screen persons who are, for example, queuing on the footpath to enter a nightclub or
bar. Similarly, without a warrant, police will only use the drug detection dogs behind
the barriers at railway stations, where a ticket is required. Handlers have been advised
not to use the dogs to screen people seeking to enter either of these areas unless
police have obtained a warrant.