[KDD]

Exactly all for what?

[JLS]

Exactly “SOP in the war on drugs.”

[MarkL]

One thing that's happened is the way the feds share the "booty" in drug busts with the local law enforcement, it's corrupted many law enforcement agencies.

In Missouri, there's a state law which requires any state or local law enforcement agencies to turn over any property taken to the state, when those agencies work alone. However, federal law allows any property taken to be shared with any law enforcement agency that works with the feds in the bust. Well, it turns out that the Kansas City, MO police department didn't like the state law, so they'd do the investigations, and then at the last minute, call in the feds for a coordinated bust, allowing the KCPD to share in "the booty!" Once the state got wind of what was going on (I guess they noticed THEIR cut of the action going down), they actually sued the KCPD in court for breaking state laws.

Mark

[jackieaxe]

Exactly all for what?

The FBI gets a check!
The narcotics officers get checks.
The drug dog trainer gets a check.
The K-9 officer gets a check.
The prosecutor gets a check.

Everyone gets a check, except for the informants who get cash. Anyway, everybody gets a check. Who cares if an innocent grandmother is dead and our rights are trampled. Everybody still gets a check.