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Profits of Policing: Arizona asset seizures net $200M in past five years

January 11, 2017 1 Comment

Three people wait on the side of Interstate 40 and talk to a Navajo County Sheriff officer while his colleague searches their car. The trio was pulled over for speeding but consented to a search after the deputy smelled marijuana. (Photo by Emily L. Mahoney)

State laws allowed Arizona law enforcement agencies to seize nearly $200 million in personal property during the past five years – almost all of it cash – from people who may never be charged or convicted of a crime.