Police Tracking Dog Police Report 42, Explains the directions the police dog traveled Options

[Bill Ferguson]

http://www.freeryanferguson.com/pdfs/PR42_K-9.pdf

Police report #42 explains in detail where the police dog traveled the night of the crime.

A key to this report:
The dogs traveled south from the Tribune parking lot, down 4th street, past the Diner and continued on to the University of Missouri campus.

October 1, 2004 after reading the discovery information and this police report - Chuck says the following:

Chuck Erickson says he turned west and walked through Flat Branch Creek Park, across the creek and up the steep bank to Providence where he now says he saw Dallas Mallory.

Remember Chuck said on March 10, 2004 he walk/ran from the crime scene to the intersection of Providence and Ash, where he initially said he saw Dallas Mallory stopped at a red light just 5 seconds after leaving the murder scene

Remember Dallas Mallory provided an affidavit saying he did not see or talk to either Ryan or Chuck.
We also know that he did not have a driver's license and did not own a car.
He lived with his parents who drove him to work each day.

The police dog never got within a block of Flat Branch Creek Park.

[MA2006]

Has anyone every contacted the two people that the police dogs found and asked them why they left by George's...If it was because the bar closed, there you go, witnesses to show it was closed. I don't understand why this guy wasn't focused on more also. He says I walked, no I drove, no I walked home from By George's. Maybe these two could shed some light.

[Bill Ferguson]

Excellent point
We have ove 10 witnesses that will confirm the bar was closed by 1:30am
The prosecutor never produced a single witness that would say the bar was open after 1:30am
We have offered a $500 reward for anyone that can show they where in the bar after 1:30am none have come forward.

[FoolsGold]

My understanding is that one of the first responding units simply happened to be a K-9 unit and that therefore there was a police dog in the back of the patrol unit. The officer suggested that the dog be used and it was probably a good idea even though it was poorly executed.

The point I wish to make however is that this was simply a police dog. It was not a "tracking dog". The training and experience of the handler and the dog has not been fully set forth but I think it is more proper to simply say 'police dog' than it is to say 'tracking dog' since the term tracking dog implies particular specialized skills in following a ground scent or an air scent.

All dogs live in a primarily olefactory world. Dogs, having an ability to separate inhaled air from their recently exhaled air, are able to establish a gradient for odors and will often follow downwind of a scent trail.

The dog was probably not started at a proper place and certainly was not started at the optimal place. We do not know what scent trail the dog followed but it may well have been that of the two passersby who came upon the scene and alerted the nearby employee but who wisely opted to leave the area rather than "get involved".

It appears that the two passersby lived in two separate dormitories (or atleast went to two separate buildings on the campus). One was the fine arts dormitory and the other was a building used primarily to house athletes.

The dog handler appears not to have noticed any blood from an assailant nor did the dog handler come upon any discarded weapons or see anyone who appeared suspiciously sweaty, bloody, excited or armed with a weapon. It is likely the dog followed the scent of the passersby, not of the assailant(s), but it should be remembered that the handler was just a police officer who is partnered with a police dog. Neither the officer nor the dog are expert trackers.

[Shameless]

Officer Albers and his K-9 deserve more respect than was given them I think.

These two students, Ms. Neiman/Mr. Flynn, were behaving highly suspiciously. Sweating, shaking, lieing, yet not given much of a thought it seems. The "witnesses", I assume Shawna and Jerry, could not make a positive ID so there was no further investigation? Pretty lame. The "I drove/ I walked" is HUGE. They may have been hopped up on drugs. Did they smell of alcohol (they did come from By George's after all). The chick has been told to run from the police????? By her uncle the cop??? PUH-LEASE.

They, indeed, should have been interrogated intensely. Who made the call to not follow through with further questioning. Especially, since this mere K-9 and handler could not find any further trail from that point....

HOW INSULTING TO THE OFFICER AND HIS PARTNER!!!!!!!

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