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| Should Police Be Able to Take Property Without Charging Owners With a Crime? One Sheriff Race Shows Split on Issue |
| By dailysignal.com - Melissa Quinn |
| Published: 09/05/2016 |
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In a sheriff’s race in one Oklahoma county, the question of whether police can and should be able to seize people’s property without charging them with a crime emerged as a wedge issue, highlighting the split among law enforcement on a controversial tool known as civil asset forfeiture. In June, voters hit the polls and were faced with a choice between two candidates for sheriff in the Republican primary in Canadian County: Joshua Moore, a small business owner who spent 13 years working in the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office, and Chris West, the county’s current undersheriff. Canadian County, Okla., is the fifth most populous county in Oklahoma, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and includes parts of Oklahoma City. According to a 2015 report from the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma, law enforcement in Canadian County seized $2.7 million in 44 cases using civil forfeiture. Criminal charges were filed in 23 of those cases. Read More. |
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