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Review of the Police Powers
The upcoming Victorian (Drug Detection Dogs) Act 2001. TE S TIN G AND
Sydney, vii
Parliamentary Inquiry
into drugs asks what PROCE DU RE S FO R
lessons can be drawn D E PLOYIN G D RUG
from interstate in order D E TEC TI O N
to inform our own
responses to drug use. AC TIVITIE S AT
An understanding of the E V E NTS;
costs and limitations of
the N.S.W. program can
inform our own policy H RV I C C A LL S O N
decisions in regards to TH E V I C TO R I A N
G OV E R N M E NT TO:
the effectiveness, costs
and limitations of using • C E A S E PA S S I V E A L ER T
drug detecting dogs on DE T EC T I O N O P ER AT I O N S
the public. (S N I FFER D O G S) AT A L L
VI C TO RIAN M U S I C FE S T IVAL S
A N D E V EN T S A N D OT H ER
P U B L I C S PAC E S S U C H A S
ONLY 26% N I G HTC LU B D IS TR I C T S .
S ERVI C E S AG AI N S T
of positive LEG A L R A MIFI C ATI O N S . Sniffer
detections
ACTUALLY result in Dogs
drugs being found
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