[Buttons840]

Do they have warrants to search to vehicles, or do they trick people into agreeing to the search? Or maybe they have a dog that does something like breathe near the vehicle, which is clearly cause for suspicion (\s)?

[raincom]

They use legally sanctioned loopholes wrt fourth amendment: four legged warrants = dog sniff

[kickout]

All of the above. Id say >90% don't have a warrant and make up some weak PC (the mentioned air freshener in rear view mirror is popular).

[boomboomsubban]

The case in the story had the officers request a search, which was denied, then bring in a drug dog that responded despite no drugs being found.

[WatchDog]

I imagine most people consent to a search, and they do the dog trick to search those that don’t.