he received a 40-hour refresher seminar by another police department in dothan, alabama. and he was subjected to continuous weekly training, in which part of that training consisted of taking him out, walking him by some vehicles that contained cars, some vehicles that didn't. and the testimony of officer wheetley was that aldo's performance was really good. and what he meant by that was that if there were eight cars with drugs. >> then why did -- then why didn't they get the dog recertified? by the time of the search, the certification had expired 16 months. >> it was a lapse, your honor. the dog subsequently was recertified. our position is that the fourth amendment doesn't impose an annual certification requirement. some states have it, some states don't. i think, more important in this case was the fact that the dog was continuously trained, continuously evaluated and trained. >> well, what do you -- what do you have to show to establish that the dog was well trained. >> well, your honor, i think the most important thing is successful completion of proficiency testing

they did complete the 40 hour drug detection seminar at the dothan, alabama, police department. and that certificate is at page 105 of the record. and second, s. justice scalia pointed out, all the incentives in this area are a line with ensuring the reliability of drug detection dogs. it's not in a police interest have a dog that is inaccurate in finding contraband or that is inaccurate and putting an officer in harm's way. humans have relied upon dogs for law enforcement related purposes, due to their extraordinaire sense of smell, for centuries. dogs, trained drug detection dogs and explosive detection dogs, are invaluable members of the law enforcement community today. we would ask the court to reverse the decision below which would act as a serious detriment to the use of this valuable tool. >> thank you, counsel. the case is submitted. >> up next the second of two cases the supreme court heard last month related to drug-sniffing dogs. in this case, florida v. jardines. the court is considering whether the police need to obtain a search warrant before send drug-sniffing dog