“An asset forfeiture scheme that utilized a private security contractor to stop vehicles on Interstate 40 in Caddo County, Oklahoma, has been shut down after garnering strong criticism. Beyond paying the private operators to train police, the contract DA Hicks agreed to in January gave Desert Snow 25% of all assets seized during training days and 10% of all assets seized even on days the contractors were not present. Hicks told The Oklahoman he hired the contractors ‘because his drug task force had little success on drug stops’ and because ‘he hoped to make money for his office from the drug stops because of a loss of federal funds.'”
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2013/jul/22/profitsharing_scheme_oklahoma_da
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