Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein said the Justice Department will include more safeguards to prevent the kind of problems that have been documented in the past. Property owners will receive notice of their rights within 45 days, which is twice as quickly as required by current law. Law enforcement agencies will be required to provide officers with more training on asset forfeiture laws, he said. State and local law enforcement officials supported the change, but Democratic and Republican lawmakers were skeptical. Read more:Jeff Sessions wants police to take more cash from American citizensHolder ends seized-asset sharing process that split billions with local and state policeSessions’s Justice Department turns a $65 million asset forfeiture spigot back on

Source: Washington Post July 19, 2017 18:45 UTC