In 2002 then house rep Shawn Mitchell drafted the Asset Forfeiture Reform Act which did pass. Among other limitations on law enforcement one was very simple. This law demand that there MUST BE A CONVICTION before assets can be seized. This is Colorado law.
Showing all the respect that some LEOs have for law, they hired attorneys to find loopholes and then continued to seize assets before a conviction. The perpetrators of this conspiracy to defraud citizens not convicted, are the police and state prosecutors. The legislature is attempting to close some of these loopholes and get the cops to follow the law (not find ways around it). 
The ones who protest the loudest should be the most suspect.