[arcticbull]

Of course they should be in prison, but the goal is also to stop them from doing this in the future, which is easily achievable be eliminating their incentive. They're not going to do it just for the money if they don't get any of it. Once there's no incentive, jail the rest.

> It's not our responsibility to fund every bumblefuck police force with a staff of 5 in a town with a population of 500. They shouldn't even have jurisdiction on a federally funded interstate.

Either fund it or shut it down. Either is fine with me. It's the extant-but-unfunded middle ground that's obviously broken.

[kickout]

I think it's simply a matter of bad incentives. Cops get to keep 50% (or some number) of what they seize? A bunch of anonymous people driving through with no ties to the community? Open season is the prevailing thought.

Don't know where you put seized assets though because it gets sticky wherever they go.