Post by Logan on Feb 22, 2016 1:24:29 GMT -6
Kentucky law requires police and sheriff departments to report how much property and cash they seize and keep as the result of criminal investigations.
But an Enquirer investigation found fewer than 30 percent of such agencies around the state actually sent in such accounts last fiscal year under a system that state officials describe as "sporadic" at best.
It's possible only 30 percent of agencies in the state seized property and cash, but state officials say that's unlikely. Also, the reporting doesn't indicate how the agencies seized or kept the property or cash – or even if seizures resulted in convictions.
Those stats, or lack thereof, as well as other loopholes in the law have a local legislator looking to possibly reform state seizure and forfeiture rules.
Read more: www.cincinnati.com/story/news/your-watchdog/2016/02/21/ky-seizure-laws-under-scrutiny-local-lawmaker/80574262/
But an Enquirer investigation found fewer than 30 percent of such agencies around the state actually sent in such accounts last fiscal year under a system that state officials describe as "sporadic" at best.
It's possible only 30 percent of agencies in the state seized property and cash, but state officials say that's unlikely. Also, the reporting doesn't indicate how the agencies seized or kept the property or cash – or even if seizures resulted in convictions.
Those stats, or lack thereof, as well as other loopholes in the law have a local legislator looking to possibly reform state seizure and forfeiture rules.
Read more: www.cincinnati.com/story/news/your-watchdog/2016/02/21/ky-seizure-laws-under-scrutiny-local-lawmaker/80574262/