They’ll use the liquidated proceeds for...
Training
Ammo
Uniforms
gasoline
Right..? WRONG:
It’s always for unusual, stupid stuff cops don’t use in the course of their jobs:
Coffee machine
Food
Workout equipment
Basically luxuries that would never be covered by a legit budget.
Busts like this are WAAAAY more interesting than overseeing a school massacre cuz they GAIN MATERIALLY.
And Jeff Sessions approves HUGELY.
Let’s look at how civicl forfeiture funds were used for Iowa City in 2011:
$1,648 on a McGruff mascot costume
$51,592 on a Mancom Turning Target System
$9,987.50 on duty holsters
$857 on an icemaker for their breakroom
This example was WAAAY more legit than usual; most of that stuff actually helps cop duty. I just pasted that in here cuz it was easy to find.
With a little more looking you could find some really stupid, crazy stuff; soft-serve ice-cream machine, etc.