How Long Can Police Detain You While Waiting For A Drug Dog?

The Supreme Court has held that the police can detain you for a reasonable period of time while they wait for a drug dog to arrive. The question is: How long do they have to wait? Unfortunately, there is no hard-and-fast rule about this. It depends on several factors, including how much time has passed since the initial stop, what exactly happened during that stop (did the officer ask you to empty your pockets? Did he pat you down?), and whether or not the officer suspected something about you before bringing out his K9 partner.

The police may stop you, detain you, and search you for drugs based on any of the following:

The police may stop you, detain you and search you for drugs based on any of the following:

• Probable Cause
• Reasonable Suspicion
• A Warrant
• The Police Dog’s Alert (i.e., sniffing) or Bite

If the police say that they legitimately believe that you are hiding drugs, they can search you.

If the police say that they legitimately believe that you are hiding weapons, they can search you.

If the police say that they legitimately believe that you are hiding evidence of a crime (like if they see blood on your shirt), they can search you.

If the police say that they legitimately believe that stolen goods are inside your car or backpack and ask if those items belong to them, it’s best not to deny this because then it will look like there’s something wrong with what was just said by law enforcement officers who work for an agency tasked with protecting citizens from dangerous criminals like kidnappers/murderers/rapists/etc., so just give them what belongs to them–or at least try not make things worse by saying something stupid like “no.”

The police do not need a drug-sniffing dog to detain or search you.

Police can detain you based on a reasonable suspicion that you are hiding drugs. They may also search your person and belongings for drugs if they have probable cause to arrest or charge you with a crime. So, if the police believe that there’s something illegal in your possession (like marijuana), they can legally stop and detain you until they confirm their suspicions by searching through everything in your pockets, backpack, purse and so on–and even take what they find into evidence against them later on at trial!

If they have a reasonable suspicion that you have drugs, they can detain and search you (assuming they have probable cause to arrest or charge you with a crime).

The standard of reasonable suspicion is lower than the standard of probable cause. Reasonable suspicion means that there are some facts known by police officers that would lead them to suspect that someone may be hiding drugs in their body, car or luggage.

Examples of reasonable suspicion include:

• The driver’s behavior matched what was described by witnesses at a recent drug deal;
• The person has red eyes and smells like marijuana;
• They found cocaine residue on your clothing when they frisked you after pulling over your vehicle for speeding;
• You’re wearing expensive clothes but don’t look like someone who would normally wear such nice clothes

A police dog is not required to be present before the police can conduct a search.

The police do not need to wait for a drug dog before they can search you. The Supreme Court has ruled that the Constitution does not require them to do so, and that they may detain you while waiting for one if they have reasonable suspicion that you’re carrying drugs.

Police can also search your vehicle without having a drug dog present if they have probable cause to arrest or charge you with a crime (such as driving under the influence).

Unfortunately, there is no hard-and-fast rule about how long the government can hold you while waiting for a drug dog

Unfortunately, there is no hard-and-fast rule about how long the government can hold you while waiting for a drug dog. It depends on the circumstances, and it will be up to the judge in your case to decide whether or not the police have exceeded their authority by detaining you for too long.

If you are not arrested, but simply detained at the scene of an alleged crime (for example: if police stopped someone driving erratically and suspected that he was intoxicated), then they may detain him for as long as necessary until a drug dog arrives on scene.

If however he is arrested and charged with other crimes such as driving under influence (DUI) or driving without insurance; then he may be held in custody until those charges are resolved. This could take days or weeks depending upon how busy courts are at any given time period

The police can detain and search you for drugs, even without a drug-sniffing dog. If they have a reasonable suspicion that you are hiding drugs, they can detain and search you (assuming they have probable cause to arrest or charge you with a crime). There’s no hard-and-fast rule about how long the government can hold you while waiting for a drug dog, but if your rights have been violated by this delay!