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Re:What life is like after police ransack your house, then t... by xkcd-sucks on Thursday March 31, 2016 @01:04PM (#11398683)
> Make all government agencies that seize property responsible for very clearly logging and indicating where it was found, the condition it was in (photographically and by description)

That might be difficult to enforce... Maybe some kind of inventory management system for personal possessions? Institutions have been doing it for a while, it seems like the biggest hurdle is initially entering all the items.

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Re:What life is like after police ransack your house, then t... by kbenson on Thursday March 31, 2016 @01:42PM (#11399033)
That hurdle is the point. Hopefully it would prevent grabbing more than they actually need for the case (such as a marriage license...). Unfortunately it wouldn't help the seizure of unrelated but high-value items, such as cash where it's unrelated.
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