Judge Calls NYPD's Handling Of Civil Forfeiture Database 'Insane’. Case in point: NYPD ransacks man’s home and confiscates $4800 on charges that are eventually dropped a year later. When he tries to retrieve his money, he is told it is too late; it has been deposited into the NYPD pension fund.

http://gothamist.com/2017/10/19/nypd_civil_forfeiture_database.php