Shocking new data has found that drug detection dogs are wrong up to 75 per cent of the time.
According to NSW Parliament documents, 71 per cent of searches indicated by sniffer dogs up until June 30 this year found no illicit substances.
That’s a whopping 2,859 searches out of 4,000 just during the first half of the year.
Last year the number sat at 75 per cent, where almost 5,000 searches proved the dogs incorrect.
The findings have come just in time for festival season, with both Listen Out and Knockout Outdoor taking place this Saturday in NSW.
With festivals on our doorstep, the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission has released a report that found only 27 per cent of strip searches suggested that police had followed the rules around protecting privacy and dignity.
The report reviewed 359 police records spanning five music festivals throughout 2021-2022.
Cate Faehrmann, the Greens spokesperson for Drug La...
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