The cops are looking bad here.  On one hand, "There is no problem"  On the other, ONE department pulled in over $2 million over 5 years, MOST of which came in under $50,000 per incident. Though, we're in CO. Raising taxes to give to the police, so they are not incentivized to steal from folks just won't happen.  How about a happy medium?  The money goes into some sort of holding. After a successful conviction, THEN police get the money?