Since I’m making predictions
Asset seizures in North Dakota will go up:
In the last four years, Highway Patrol trooper Craig Beedy has taken part in two traffic stops that netted about $200,000 in seized cash. But unlike its counterparts in many other states, his agency wasn’t allowed to keep it.
North Dakota instead require law enforcement agencies to turn the assets seized in suspected drug trafficking cases over to the state.
That will soon change.
State lawmakers this week approved a measure that would allow the Highway Patrol authority to keep up to $300,000 in seized assets every two years to help pay for equipment and overtime expenses. Gov. John Hoeven will sign the bill, said his spokesman, Don Canton.
