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This could be an incredible revenue stream for law enforcement at all levels, without heavy balances it's almost guaranteed that it will be egregiously abused, like asset forfeiture.


Solution really is that money does not go to law enforcement, instead it goes to general budget from which then law enforcement is funded. Law enforcement really should not be able to fund itself by any mechanism.


You could say the same thing about all fines in general or specifically the Swiss and Finish income proportional fines in general.

Is there any evidence of egregious behaviour from Swedish and Finnish law enforcement in the manner that you describe?




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