Meanwhile, in the city, my the city
Or rather my county. Seems the federales are looking into police purchases of confiscated items taken by the drug task force. Now, I’m not in anyway assessing guilt or innocence here but am I the only one disturbed by the fact that the police can buy items that they’ve confiscated? I mean, one bad apple decides he likes your car? I think it’s bad policy.
November 2nd, 2007 at 4:54 pm
It’s not only bad policy but it has been done elsewhere before. St. Louis, Mo. and suburbs law enforcement got so bad at it that the St. Louis Post Dispatch did a full week of front page articles on it listing a myriad of thefts by police. Equipment (of all kinds) and cars etc. that took a cop’s fancy would be confiscated and then sold to that officer for pennies on the dollar, while leaving the rightful owner uncharged with any crime, but still liable for any outstanding debt on the seized article. Some people managed to buy back their property from the police, but most went to the cops who had fancied it.
I was working there away from home at the time and remember it well.
I have trouble with time, always have had. My whole life has been spent on Indian time. But I believe this was somewhere in the early 90’s give or take.
November 2nd, 2007 at 9:53 pm
the problem is they go from buying stuff seized to just going directly to stealing from the dealers and taking their drugs and selling them.
there’s a lot of cash involved in drugs and a lot of undercovers end up going that route or getting involved with the women drug groupies. its a sick business and they need to put crooked cops away for about 30 years to make a point.