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Maine Lawmakers Push for Law to Grant Oversight of Drug Forfeiture Proceeds
Members of the Maine Legislature’s Criminal Justice Committee say they will push for a law in January requiring legislative approval before state law enforcement agencies can spend money forfeited by drug dealers, a move triggered by Maine State Police recently purchasing a new airplane at a cost of $345,000.
October 1, 2008
Patrol
Attorney General Sessions Wants Increase in Asset Forfeiture
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday said he'd be issuing a new directive this week aimed at increasing police seizures of cash and property from criminals.
July 18, 2017
Patrol
Holder Severely Limits Federal Civil Asset Forfeiture 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.
January 16, 2015
Patrol
Measure to Limit Police Seizure of Assets Rejected by California Assembly
Facing intense opposition from law enforcement groups, a measure to limit police seizures of cash, cars and other property from people not convicted of a crime fell flat in the California Assembly on Thursday.
September 11, 2015
Editor's Notes
Nogales PD: On the Front Lines of the Drug War
Nogales PD officers have heard the hiss of cartel death threats, and are ever watchful of the dangers presented to them when on patrol. Since Chief Jeffrey Kirkham took over in January, the department has made important strides.
July 22, 2010
Patrol
FBI: Two Chicago Cops Jacked Drug Proceeds From FBI Witness
A Chicago Police sergeant and patrol officer were arrested Sunday in an FBI sting and charged with stealing $5,200 from a federal witness they believed was transporting the cash for drug dealers.
February 12, 2012
Vehicle Ops
Drug Forfeiture Funds May Save Topeka PD Helicopter
A Topeka city councilman wants to use asset forfeiture funds to retain a police helicopter unit that had been eliminated from the city's 2010 budget.
December 8, 2009
Special Units
4 Gun Traffickers Were Raising Proceeds to Pay Drug Cartel
Several of the guns, which were being moved from Arizona to California, were fully automatic. One of the men arrested said the transaction was raising funds to pay off a debt to a Mexican drug cartel, according to the ATF.
August 2, 2009
Special Units
Mexican Drug Cartels Flush With Proceeds From Medical Marijuana States
Border seizures of the cash crop jumped 44% between 2005 and 2009, and cartels now derive as much as 26% of their profit from the drug.
February 20, 2011
Patrol
Feds Charge Miami-Dade Lt. with Aiding Cocaine Traffickers
Ralph Mata, 45, a/k/a “the Milk Man,” of Broward County—a lieutenant with the Miami-Dade Police Department, Internal Affairs—is charged by federal criminal complaint with one count each of aiding and abetting a conspiracy to distribute cocaine; conspiring to distribute cocaine; and engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity—specifically, drug proceeds.
April 9, 2014
Patrol
Proceeds From Wiley X Lacey Sales Benefit Breast Cancer Research
The company plans to raise at least $10,000 this year for the foundation. To commemorate the initiative, each pair of Wiley X Lacey eye wear has a special BCRF Pink Ribbon cling sticker on the lens.
July 7, 2010
Special Units
Milwaukee-Area Bakery Donates Day's Proceeds to Family of Slain Officer
Throughout the day, Jen kept busy working around the clock to take orders and bake the goods all herself. Even when the baked goods ran out, Jen stayed open taking orders for pick-up with all the proceeds going to the Rittner family.
February 13, 2019
Patrol
Asset Forfeiture
The goal of an asset forfeiture program should always be crime reduction; obtaining funds should be secondary to the primary mission.
February 11, 2010
Patrol
Asset Forfeiture Buys 2,000 Trauma Kits for Colorado Officers
In the coming months, 2,000 police officers around the state of Colorado will receive individual first-aid kits (IFAK), Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman announced Thursday.
March 26, 2016
Special Units
Woolrich Donates Freedom Blanket Proceeds To Wounded Warrior Project
Woolrich Elite Series Tactical will donate portions of sales from its Freedom Throw blankets to a non-profit organization that works to improve the lives of injured military men and women, the company announced.
November 11, 2009
Patrol
DOJ Resumes Asset Forfeiture Program
The U.S. Department of Justice plans to resume sharing funds seized from drug dealers and other criminals, reversing a decision made late last year to at least temporarily halt the program that provides hundreds of millions of dollars annually to law enforcement agencies.
April 1, 2016
Patrol
Ohio Agencies Collect $3.4M In Asset Forfeiture
The Department of Justice distributed $3.4 million in asset forfeiture funds to state and local law enforcement agencies in Ohio stemming from three federal cases.
July 10, 2013
Patrol
Civil asset forfeiture bill passes Congress
June 30, 2000
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