Forfeiture and Police Budgets

"For many years, law enforcement agencies around the nation have faced shrinking budgets.⁴ Police administrators have been forced to develop creative budgeting strategies, such as securing federal grants and partnering with community foundations.⁵ Though it is an enforcement tool, asset forfeiture can assist in the budgeting realm by helping to offset the costs associated with fighting crime. Doing what it takes to undermine the illicit drug trade is expensive and time-consuming. Forfeiture can help agencies target these difficult problems, sometimes without the need to seek additional outside resources to offset their costs."