08.01 Pequot Lakes Police Department Annual Report

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FORFEITURES The following report is a compilation of records relating to property that was seized by the Pequot Lakes Police Department as being eligible for forfeiture. Most property seized as forfeitable property is obtained from drug or alcohol offenses. Alcohol related forfeitures only allow seizure of the vehicle used. At the close of 2018,the departmenYs forfeiture inventory includes 13 cases pending further action: PROPERTY SEIZED DATE REASON 1998 Pontiac Grand Prix 4/13/2017 Drug offense 1998 Chevy Blazer 5/27/2017 Fleeing $289 cash 11/22/2017 Drug offense $821 cash 1/27/2018 Drug offense 2001 Pontiac Grand Prix 2/19/2018 Fleeing $64 cash 3/3/2018 Drug offense 1996 Ford Explorer 3/28/2018 Drug offense 2004 Ford F250 6/9/2018 Alcohol offense 2005 Honda Civic, $570 cash 7/21/2018 Drug offense 2007 Pontiac G6, $2,158 cash 8/18/2018 Drug offense Handgun, $200 cash 8/21/2018 Drug offense 1999 Chevy Monte Carlo, $1,789 cash 9/14/2018 Drug offense 1983 Chevy truck, $149 cash 10/2/2018 Drug offense Forfeiture hearings are a civil matter and are conducted separately from the criminal hearings. Once the forfeiture hearing is complete, our office receives a memo on whether or not we were awarded the property or if it is to be returned to the owner. When a vehicle is won, the city obtains the title and it is sold at auction.When guns or other property are won,they are either sold at auction or kept for department use. During the year,the Pequot Lakes Police Department was awarded 17 forfeitures that included cash,vehicles, guns and other property. As a result of these winnings,two guns were kept for department use and the department grossed $13,657. Three others vehicles have been won and title transfers are pending so that they may be sold at auction. 13