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Newshawk: Jim
Webpage: http://drugsense.org/url/brvxUKwd
Pubdate: Mon, 31 Jan 2011
Source: Greenville News (SC)
Copyright: 2011 The Greenville News
Contact:
Website: http://greenvillenews.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/877
Author: Paul Alongi
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/af.htm (Asset Forfeiture)
SEIZURES IN DRUG CASES PAY FOR POLICE DOG TEAM, KEEP AIRCRAFT FLYING
Critics Say Law Gives Officers Too Much Power, Profit Motive
Thousands of dollars that help Greenville County sheriff's deputies
pay for their dog team and aircraft maintenance are the fruits of
what critics say are state laws making it too easy for authorities to
seize alleged drug money.
The Sheriff's Office spent $107,870 in forfeited drug money last
year, much of it on its K-9 team, two helicopters and a Cessna
airplane, according to records obtained by The Greenville News
through the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act.
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom
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