Police Accountability ...?
Police have exact measurements on their drug confiscation reports. They should know what's in the inventory, they should have exact amts. recorded when destroying it. Balance the figures, even if they're close, that's fine. ... RELEASE THE FIGURES! ... I want to know how much is missing ... don't you?
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yes, how much do they put in their pockets too?
Obviously some made it back to your place.
I assure you that seized drugs are carefully documented for court purposes. After court and after the appeal period has passed, they are disposed of (usually in an incinerator) and again accounted for. All along the process anyone touching them or having them in their possession in any way must sign a ledger attesting to that fact. Is it possible that the officers (usually at least two) responsible for destruction take some, but say it was destroyed? Certainly it's possible, but their jobs and future is at stake so it likely wouldn't be worth it. It's usually different officers that are assigned to destruction and the more drugs there are the more chance there would be more than two officers. Usually there is a senior officer who must witness the destruction and also sign that all were destroyed. They would all have to be involved in such a theft and although possible, it's realistically it's not going to happen very often. The simple answer to your question is that the documentation will always show 100% was destroyed. (Or 98% or some reasonable amount that would be explained by the drugs drying out in storage, etc.). If you're going to steal drugs that are ordered destroyed, you sure as h*ll are not going to document that you only destroyed 50%.
I worked for a funeral home for a long time, and we did the burns on the police "stash" - and they do have records of everything they have in inventory they even have a cop who stays while it is all being disposed of to make sure it is not stolen. now what happens to it before being put into evidence is anyone's guess, but after being logged it is kept track of..
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