Re: Standing up an intel op with seized funds

["Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins () arbor net>]

On Apr 6, 2011, at 8:19 PM, Nick Selby wrote:

> I just posted an article/podcast with Pat Ryder, who stood up and runs the asset forfeiture and intelligence division 
> of the Nassau County (NY) police department. 

Doing anything with seized funds other than handing them over to the general treasury completely subverts the key 
principle of subsidiarity, violates the due process rights of suspects, and encourages law enforcement to 'find' 
offenses/violations in order to fund whatever they decide they want to do/buy, any given week.

It completely subverts the legislative and judicial processes and is an inducement to corruption.  

This is a perfect example of iatrogenic 'security' - i.e., how some particular action at one level appears to be a win, 
but at the macro level, actually has negative, extremely undesirable effects on the system as a whole.  Only in this 
case, the 'system as a whole' = Nassau County.

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