Bucky wrote:Police agencies nationwide have used hundreds of millions of dollars taken from Americans under federal civil forfeitures laws in recent years to buy guns, armored cars and electronic surveillance gear.
They have spent millions more on a wide range of other items, including luxury cars, night-vision scopes and lapel pins. One department used the money to hire a clown named Sparkles.
You can do some good police work with night-vision scopes and lapel pins.