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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: 2884147" data-attributes="member: 7629"><p>thanks again for your valuable first hand feedback. actual breakdown stats for highway interdiction in Oklahoma would go a long ways in showing CAF working as it should. which if I understand correctly your earlier example of interdicting large drug shipments and/or cash on Oklahoma highways.</p><p></p><p>if 1% asset of seizures in Oklahoma are drug interdiction related. this cannot help but imply the other 99% of use of CAF should not be happening.</p><p></p><p>from one of the Washington Post articles on this topic:</p><p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2014/09/06/stop-and-seize/" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2014/09/06/stop-and-seize/</a></p><p></p><p>“Those laws were meant to take a guy out for selling $1 million in cocaine or who was trying to launder large amounts of money,” said Mark Overton, the police chief in Bal Harbour, Fla., who once oversaw a federal drug task force in South Florida. “It was never meant for a street cop to take a few thousand dollars from a driver by the side of the road.”</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Civil forfeiture cash seizures</strong></span></p><p>Under the federal Equitable Sharing Program, police have seized <strong>$2.5 billion</strong> since 2001 from people who were not charged with a crime and without a warrant being issued. Police reasoned that the money was crime-related. About <strong>$1.7 billion</strong> was sent back to law enforcement agencies for their use.</p><p></p><p>Tulsa Police</p><p></p><p>Participated in 19 seizures</p><p></p><p>$625,694</p><p></p><p>of $1.9 million</p><p></p><p>Oklahoma City Police</p><p></p><p>Participated in 18 seizures</p><p></p><p>$346,833</p><p></p><p>of $3.6 million</p><p></p><p>Alva Police</p><p></p><p>Participated in 1 seizures</p><p></p><p>$331,997</p><p></p><p>of $442,750</p><p></p><p>Goodwell Police</p><p></p><p>Participated in 3 seizures</p><p></p><p>$264,431</p><p></p><p>of $589,764</p><p></p><p>Norman Police</p><p></p><p>Participated in 17 seizures</p><p></p><p>$251,949</p><p></p><p>of $4.2 million</p><p></p><p>Note: Table does not include statewide agencies or task forces and only includes local agencies who received more than $250,000.</p><p></p><p>Source: A Washington Post analysis of Department of Justice data.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="_CY_, post: 2884147, member: 7629"] thanks again for your valuable first hand feedback. actual breakdown stats for highway interdiction in Oklahoma would go a long ways in showing CAF working as it should. which if I understand correctly your earlier example of interdicting large drug shipments and/or cash on Oklahoma highways. if 1% asset of seizures in Oklahoma are drug interdiction related. this cannot help but imply the other 99% of use of CAF should not be happening. from one of the Washington Post articles on this topic: [URL]http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2014/09/06/stop-and-seize/[/URL] “Those laws were meant to take a guy out for selling $1 million in cocaine or who was trying to launder large amounts of money,” said Mark Overton, the police chief in Bal Harbour, Fla., who once oversaw a federal drug task force in South Florida. “It was never meant for a street cop to take a few thousand dollars from a driver by the side of the road.” [SIZE=3][B]Civil forfeiture cash seizures[/B][/SIZE] Under the federal Equitable Sharing Program, police have seized [B]$2.5 billion[/B] since 2001 from people who were not charged with a crime and without a warrant being issued. Police reasoned that the money was crime-related. About [B]$1.7 billion[/B] was sent back to law enforcement agencies for their use. Tulsa Police Participated in 19 seizures $625,694 of $1.9 million Oklahoma City Police Participated in 18 seizures $346,833 of $3.6 million Alva Police Participated in 1 seizures $331,997 of $442,750 Goodwell Police Participated in 3 seizures $264,431 of $589,764 Norman Police Participated in 17 seizures $251,949 of $4.2 million Note: Table does not include statewide agencies or task forces and only includes local agencies who received more than $250,000. Source: A Washington Post analysis of Department of Justice data. [/QUOTE]
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