In Chicago that is very difficult as I've shown many times. The latest is their creating a slush fund outside of the regular budget; the funds were kept in a secret bank account. Since 2009 the department has generated almost $72,000,000 and has not told a soul outside the department. They raised the money via civil asset forfeiture, which allows police to seize property including vehicles, cash, or real estate that they allege was used for a crime. Interestingly, the property owner does not have to be “arrested or convicted of a crime” for their property to be seized permanently and either kept or resold.
The police did share the money. They kept only $47,000,000; they gave the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office $18 million amd the State Police almost $7.2 million.
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