I just stumbled upon someone asking how much cash he can carry on himself without a risk of a police officer taking it away. Then when I scrolled through comments it sounded like a police officer can decide to take away your money and NEVER EVER give it back!
Is that actually true??? I mean, the idea that police officer can take your money if they decide you have “too much” on you is insane already. But even if so, there is no way you can’t then go to police station or something and get it back!
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There is a lot of misinformation on Reddit about cops in general and civil asset forfeiture specifically. Ask over on r/ProtectandServe to get answered from real cops.
Edit: And no, they can’t just decide to take your money and never give it back. It’s much more complicated than a random cop pulling you over and just taking your cash. And there are processes in place to get it bank if you can prove you got it legally (which many can’t in these situations.)
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