"Reverse Stings"

"The advent of a now common police tactic, called the “reverse sting,” illustrates the shift in priorities from crime control to funding raids.¹⁰⁷ In a reverse sting, an officer attempts to sell drugs to an unsuspecting buyer.¹⁰⁸ The method permits the police to seize the buyer’s cash rather than a seller’s drugs, which have no value to the agency.¹⁰⁹"