During the 2015 legislative session, the Rio Grande Foundation along with the NM branch of the Drug Policy Alliance, the ACLU, and the Institute for Justice worked successfully to reform New Mexico’s abusive civil asset forfeiture laws. Unfortunately, the City of Albuquerque is ignoring the law. According to the case being brought by the Institute for Justice, “In Albuquerque, police and prosecutors continue to use civil forfeiture and have even announced plans to purchase a new, bigger parking lot to hold all the cars they expect to seize—a parking lot that will be paid for through civil forfeiture.”
We are excited to be able to continue to work with IJ, but wish that Albuquerque’s elected leaders including Mayor Berry and City Council would adhere to the law without threat of a lawsuit.
I wish they would include Rio Rancho in their lawsuit. As a City Councilor, I have requested information such as how many innocent owners, how many were driving on a suspended license, or was someone else car and staff has refused to release the information with approval of the majority of the Governing Body.
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Thanks Chuck. I’d be more than happy to put you in touch with the folks from IJ if you are interested. Obviously, if the case goes our way it will apply to all cities in NM including Rio Rancho. Nonetheless, IJ may be able to help.
Even Heritage agrees:
http://dailysignal.com/2015/11/19/this-city-claims-they-need-to-seize-peoples-cars-because-of-drunk-driving-why-thats-wrong/?utm_source=heritagefoundation&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=morningbell&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRousqjAZKXonjHpfsX56%2BssX6GwlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4AT8dhM6%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7jHKM1t0sEQWBHm
This City Claims It Needs to Seize People’s Cars Because of Drunk Driving. Why That’s Wrong.
Jason Snead / November 19, 2015
Albuquerque asserts that its DWI forfeiture law is a “narrowly-tailored nuisance abatement law to protect the public from dangerous, repeat DWI offenders and the vehicles they use.” That statement should be treated with skepticism: The fact is, Albuquerque’s forfeiture system seems designed to push drivers toward paying steep fines to win the rapid release of their vehicles. Albuquerque’s DWI program has all the hallmarks of a revenue-generating scheme dressed up as a law enforcement program.
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