When Dallas PD gave its K9 unit dog, Ballentine, kudos for sniffing out a suitcase containing more than $100,000, many criticized the department for its practice of civil asset forfeiture. The process allows law enforcement officers to seize assets they believe to have been involved with a crime.
However, officials also reported the 25-year-old owner of the suitcase was neither arrested nor charged with any crime.
According to CBS DFW, Dallas police “did not give any details about the nature of the follow-up investigation, what led to the seizure, which techniques and tactics were utilized, nor which Federal partners were involved.”
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Stories like this are all over the internet. I read recently that when the police confiscate money during a traffic stop, the police department keeps almost 80%! They only need the police dog to detect drugs on the money. They also noted that 90-99% of all US currency has traces of the cocaine on them. That’s another chilling idea in itself..