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Holder limits seized-asset sharing process that split billions w/ local, state police
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<blockquote data-quote="_CY_" data-source="post: 2693589" data-attributes="member: 7629"><p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2014/10/11/cash-seizures-fuel-police-spending/" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2014/10/11/cash-seizures-fuel-police-spending/</a></p><p></p><p>One audit examined about $3.4 million in Equitable Sharing funds that the Oklahoma Highway Patrol spent from July 2009 to June 2012.</p><p></p><p>The audit found $1.9 million in unallowable and unsupported expenditures relating to salaries, overtime pay, construction, fees paid to contractors and the use of two Ford F-150 pickup trucks by non-law enforcement personnel.</p><p></p><p>Oklahoma authorities did not return calls seeking comment. </p><p></p><p>Of the nearly $2.5 billion in spending reported in the forms, 81 percent came from cash and property seizures in which no indictment was filed, according to an analysis by The Post. Owners must prove that their money or property was acquired legally in order to get it back.</p><p></p><p>There have been 61,998 cash seizures on highways and elsewhere since 9/11 without search warrants or indictments and processed through the Equitable Sharing Program, according to an analysis of Justice data obtained by The Post.~</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="_CY_, post: 2693589, member: 7629"] [url]http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2014/10/11/cash-seizures-fuel-police-spending/[/url] One audit examined about $3.4 million in Equitable Sharing funds that the Oklahoma Highway Patrol spent from July 2009 to June 2012. The audit found $1.9 million in unallowable and unsupported expenditures relating to salaries, overtime pay, construction, fees paid to contractors and the use of two Ford F-150 pickup trucks by non-law enforcement personnel. Oklahoma authorities did not return calls seeking comment. Of the nearly $2.5 billion in spending reported in the forms, 81 percent came from cash and property seizures in which no indictment was filed, according to an analysis by The Post. Owners must prove that their money or property was acquired legally in order to get it back. There have been 61,998 cash seizures on highways and elsewhere since 9/11 without search warrants or indictments and processed through the Equitable Sharing Program, according to an analysis of Justice data obtained by The Post.~ [/QUOTE]
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