Comments on: when drugs are found by police and officials, what do they do with it afterwards?

By: Alex f

Alex f — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:11:56 +0000

While most cops are good cops, there are the few that aren’t, and I know this from personal experience. There was a member of my family who confiscated some weed one time and did less than follow the procedures. He didn’t make it very far in the police business. But he got high.

By: Chicago Bob

Chicago Bob — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:12:11 +0000

They keep it. For evidence and sting operations

By: lervy19

lervy19 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:53:49 +0000

A cop took some weed off of me once when I got a DUI. I went to court for the DUI, and the weed was never mentioned. I wasn’t about to say anything. I bet the officer got pretty high though.

By: foxy rn

foxy rn — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:07:34 +0000

They burn it or bury it. And if your smart you dont use the city hall incinerator.

By: AIRFORCE2

AIRFORCE2 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:00:45 +0000

when police and officials find drugs after they make an arrest they book it in the evidence log book and they put it in a locker for the AI (accident investigator) and he puts the drugs in the evidence locker room where no one but the AI officer has a key to. so the rummer that the officers smoke the drugs is not true. the officers don’t ever get rid of the drugs because the case may re-open and they need to keep the drugs because they might be a connection to the case.

By: drb1256

drb1256 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:37:30 +0000

It is placed into evidence at the police station. Then, It is transferred to a crime lab for analysis to verify that it is an illegal narcotic, even if that is obvious. It is stored in an police evidece facility for court and appeals purposes. It is eventually destroyed after a period of time.

By: steven g

steven g — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:17:05 +0000

Crooked, overpaid, donut eating, Miami Vice wanna be’s steal whatever they can .Thinking they deserve it and it makes it’s way back to the street. Or the politician who lost it makes a call or two and gets it back. Either way it’s back on the street. Where Jose and Tyrique sell it to your kids. America the beautiful.

By: Brian H

Brian H — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:13:47 +0000

The drugs are logged in to an evidence lock up generally. Often they are submitted to a crime lab to determine what the substance actually is. A lab report will be provided to the DA, for use at any hearing or trial. The Drugs are normally kept in the lock up, or stored at the lab until trial. After trial or guilty plea the evidence is still kept until the time for appeals has passed. That time limit is normally 45 days, after that the police may request a release from the prosecutor or DA. The evidence will be released from lock up and disposed of according to State Law in many locations. Generally the substances are incinerated or flushed in the presence of at least two people who document the disposal.

By: kat

kat — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:23:21 +0000

They hold it as evidence. Eventually they will destroy it. I think they burn it, but I’m not sure if all of them burn or if some use a different method.

By: jack

jack — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:56:11 +0000

It depends, I talked to a person once that knew some drug dealers. She said that sometimes you can find a corupt officer that resell them back to the dealers. But most of the time they will use it as evidence and then destory it(unless they can use it in other durg busts or to train dogs with.)