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All the cops have to do to get probable cause to tear apart your vehicle w/o your permission is get their dog to come up and bark at your car. The cop will say that the dog is reacting to drugs even if the cop has to pull on the leash or pull out a tasty treat.
All they have to do to request a K9 check is to state on the report that you looked nervous and your car smelled like drugs. If you were wearing sunglasses and had an air freshener, even better.
All they need to do to keep your cash is test it for minute traces of cocaine or cannabis. You’re a drug dealer until proven otherwise.
If you must transport physical stores of value, consider rare stamps, rare documents, baseball cards, small antiques etc. (but not one of a kind items). Otherwise, you could melt gold into a common object or structural component and paint it or re-form some platinum (it looks like stainless steel)
Using secret compartments in vehicles is still legal in most states, but some like Ohio have made it illegal. Cops also might even use ultrasound to look for modified compartments.

Yeah, I get all that. But the dog stuff has been shut down by the SCOTUS. That was one of the points of the article. Fact is, if they just don’t care they can pretty much do whatever they want. Just like any criminal.

The actions I and others mention only work with cops who at least see themselves as somewhat trying to be good cops. You can “intimidate” them into doing the right thing just like they can intimidate you into giving up your rights.

All bets are off with truly bad guys that just happen to wear badges.

And one of the secrets to transporting things of value beyond what you gave is to just not transport all that much at any one time. Sad that it’s come to that, but it has.

Using secret compartments in vehicles is still legal in most states, but some like Ohio have made it illegal.

I believe they are also the only state (or one of the few) where it’s illegal to pass a school bus with YELLOW flashing lights.

All the cops have to do to get probable cause to tear apart your vehicle w/o your permission is get their dog to come up and bark at your car. The cop will say that the dog is reacting to drugs even if the cop has to pull on the leash or pull out a tasty treat.

All you have to do is carry an open bag of doggie jerky treats in your car, and if the cop gets the dog to alert then you pull out the open bag of jerky treats and ask if that was what the dog smelled?

-PJ