Washington: Case Involving Officers' Ability To Smell Marijuana Will Not Go On

[Jacob Redmond]

The Washington Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of drug charges from 2009 that were based on police officers' ability to detect the smell of marijuana.

The Peninsula Daily News reported the cased hinged on how far away the officers could detect the scent of marijuana.

The appeals court agreed with a lower court ruling that officers acted with "reckless disregard for the truth" in obtaining a search warrant, which led to the discovery of the marijuana operation.

A companion $20 million civil suit concerning the raid of a Discovery Bay property, where officers claimed they could smell a marijuana grow operation from 130 feet away, has already been dismissed in federal court.

Steven and Timothy Fager said they will appeal the decision on the civil lawsuit.

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[J9BLACK]

Police are taking a lot of defeats lately. Could the misguided hero worship of police and fire finally be coming to an end?

It's hard enough being tribal blue, and now the world is closing in on you. Your wives cheat like you do, drink like you do and will take half that rich pension of yours. You are handcuffed to every bad decision you ever made. We, on the other hand, will be free.

Lumberjacks and a dozen other professions are more dangerous than yours. But you'll climb up on the cross as public servants when you really are just hired gunmen.

Isn't the motto, "shoot to kill?"

At least, that's what I've heard second hand.