Police in 2014 took more stuff than burglars did

[Fuzzy Necromancer]

https://www.tampabay.com/news/nation/fe ... s/2255158/

This is my answer every time somebody claims that defunding the police will lead to us all getting robbed or pulls out "what if somebody breaks into your house? What will you do then?" like it's a full house in poker.

If the police really want to reduce theft, all they have to do is use some of their vacation time.

[Nealithi]

Well the article is short on, well everything. It is seven years old and mentioned it brought scrutiny to the practice. Do we have a follow up article saying how it is still going?

[Fuzzy Necromancer]

My guess is that it takes a while to compile the data on civil asset forfeitures and burglaries, but I have not found any follow up articles in one direction or the other. All I know is that while attention has been brought to the process, it's still pretty widespread and totally legal.

[Dragon Ball Fan]

My guess is that it takes a while to compile the data on civil asset forfeitures and burglaries, but I have not found any follow up articles in one direction or the other. All I know is that while attention has been brought to the process, it's still pretty widespread and totally legal.

I have not accepted that there is a big problem with the police and even my cop relative agrees but how do you know that if there is no fallow up to this outdated article?

[BridgeConsoleMasher]

Not sure why this is, like, an issue.

What's the implication of them seizing money assets?

[Nealithi]

Not sure why this is, like, an issue.

What's the implication of them seizing money assets?

It has come up in a few legal sites. Guy is going to buy an older car to restore. The seller wants cash. So he stops at a bank and takes out the money. He is a legitimate classic car restorer etc. He gets pulled over and police find an envelope of money. They seize it and claim it may have something to do with criminal activity. To get the money back you need to get a lawyer and 100% prove it was not for anything criminal and none of those bills came in contact with a criminal. Usually the lawyer and court costs are more than they took from you and will be in a different state. So good luck getting it back. The city/county/state that did the seize? Puts that money into their budget.
Similarly the FBI recently raided a private security box company and all the security boxes. Now come prove not only the contents of the box but that none of it was ever involved in a crime.

Asset seizure is coming up a bit in the news.