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[–] hwyaden@toot.wales 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

@briankrebs @GBU_28 @TDCN We finally got rid of civil forfeiture. Thank goodness. It was such a corrupting incentive to police forces. It works on the first case, and then it is just abused by municipalities to line everyone's pocket.

[–] jnbhlr@toot.bike 1 points 2 years ago

@hwyaden @briankrebs @GBU_28 @TDCN i guess it depends a lot on your baseline of corruption which I guess is fairly low in denmark. Even if some corruption happens, I'd rather have that than people killing other people.

[–] cd_home@det.social 1 points 2 years ago

@hwyaden @briankrebs @GBU_28 @TDCN The rules are pretty clear in this case. I'm curious how it would be abused and how anyone's pockets could be lined. Can you explain? Or were you talking more about the concept in general and not so much about the specific Danish scenario?

[–] bkhl@social.sdfeu.org 1 points 2 years ago

@hwyaden @briankrebs @GBU_28 @TDCN in the Scandinavian countries (except for parking fines) go to the central government and are not dedicated to any special purposes, so there aren't incentives like that.

If there are any bad incentives involved it's that police let "small" speeding infractions go with warnings, in order to seem relaxed and be more popular or something.