Momentum is building behind one of the NMA’s most important legislative initiatives: Enacting civil asset forfeiture (CAF) laws to prevent law enforcement agencies from seizing (and profiting from) the property of citizens ─ often motorists ─ who have not been convicted of an underlying crime. Under Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the Department of Justice has […]
9 Alerts From the civil asset forfeiture Tag
Down the Rabbit Hole with Civil Asset Forfeiture: NMA E-Newsletter #494
July 1, 2018
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CAF, civil asset forfeiture, CIVIL FORFEITURE, Eighth Amendment, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FOIA, HAWAII, INDIANA, New York City, NEWSLETTER, NMA, OKLAHOMA, RENTAL CAR, REVENUE GENERATION, SPEED LIMIT
As one of the NMA’s current national issues, Civil Asset Forfeiture or CAF is a program that allows the government at all levels to confiscate cash, cars and even homes from people who are suspected of criminal activity. Even if you are ruled innocent, your property is not necessarily returned; a trip to civil court […]
NMA Lobbying in DC, Part 2 – License to Steal: NMA E-Newsletter #465
December 10, 2017
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CALIFORNIA, civil asset forfeiture, CIVIL FORFEITURE, DUE PROCESS, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, FOURTH AMENDMENT, LEGISLATION, NEWSLETTER, NMA, POLICING FOR PROFIT, REVENUE GENERATION
By Gary Biller, NMA President I get annoyed by the overuse of certain clichéd buzzwords and catch phrases in our area of advocacy, terms like “big brother,” “nanny state,” and “taxation by citation” for instance. That isn’t to say that they don’t sneak into the NMA vernacular from time to time. In fact, I used […]
NMA Lobbying in DC, Part 1 – Reeling in Traffic Enforcement: NMA E-Newsletter #464
December 3, 2017
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85TH PERCENTILE, civil asset forfeiture, CIVIL FORFEITURE, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, LEGISLATION, LICENSE PLATE, NEWSLETTER, NHTSA, NMA, NTSB, RED LIGHT CAMERA, REVENUE GENERATION, SAFETY, SPEED CAMERA, SPEED LIMIT, TICKET CAMERA, TICKET FINES, TICKET QUOTA, TICKET REVENUE, WASHINGTON D.C.
By Gary Biller, NMA President Enabled by contributors to our Spring 2017 Campaign, the NMA is pursuing its 2017-18 National Legislative Agenda in Washington. More precisely the current focus is on two of the agenda items – eliminating federally funded ticket blitzes and restricting the bounds of civil asset forfeiture. Part 2 of this newsletter […]
Next Generation Police Tools: NMA E-Newsletter #462
November 19, 2017
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BODY CAMERAS, BREATHALYZER, civil asset forfeiture, CIVIL FORFEITURE, DUI, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, INDIANA, NEBRASKA, NEWSLETTER, ROADBLOCK, SAFETY, TRAFFIC STOP, WASHINGTON D.C., X-RAY SCANNER
Traffic enforcement continues to go high tech beyond just the newest drone technology. Here are three recent examples of how police are using federal and state funding – some from assets seized from citizenry – to patrol motorists. Police Body Cameras In late October, results from a large study on police body cameras was released […]
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