limiting asset seizure
2015-01-16 18:45:51.36319+00 by Dan Lyke 1 comments
This is a good first step: Holder limits seized-asset sharing process that split billions with local, state police:
Holders decision allows some limited exceptions, including illegal firearms, ammunition, explosives and property associated with child pornography, a small fraction of the total. This would eliminate virtually all cash and vehicle seizures made by local and state police from the program.
While police can continue to make seizures under their own state laws, the federal program was easy to use and required most of the proceeds from the seizures to go to local and state police departments. Many states require seized proceeds to go into the general fund.