Some years back Missouri passed a law that asset forfeiture money from drug busts would go to the schools, instead of the law enforcement agency that made the bust keeping it. The DEA was helping the Highway Patrol get around that law under some kind of federal asset forfeiture sharing program. The HP would catch the suspected drug dealers, then call the feds to come in and actually make the bust so that it was a federal case. The feds would do the asset forfeiture, then kick part of the proceeds directly back the HP, circumventing the state laws.
As far as I know that little scheme is still going on.
I imagine that the HP reported a dramatic decrease in the number of seizures, once they realized they couldn’t get their hands on the money. What a bunch of punks.
As has been stated on this thread. People need to really re-think how they feel about the cops. I am one. And I don’t like ‘em anymore than anyone else.