Police Auctions

You mean where I can go buy a cop?crime or purchased with money that came from a
No. Police auctions are not where you go to buy acrime is a fair target. What makes police auctions
policeman! Many people do not realize that policebetter than some other types of auctions is because
agencies, including local police departments, countyof how cheap you can get certain items. Many times,
sheriff departments, as well as state and federal lawgoods such as cars, especially abandoned ones, are
enforcement agencies end up with a lot ofliterally auctioned off for a couple hundred dollars.
confiscated, lost, or abandoned property. PoliceCity police departments also conduct public bicycle
departments across America also collect all types ofproperty auctions as well as abandoned vehicle
assets and periodically hold auctions for them to beauctions. They will also sell miscellaneous items (small
sold. Almost every state, as well as the U.S. federalelectronics, computer equipment, household items, cell
government, have police seizure laws that empower aphones, automobile accessories and a whole slew of
law enforcement agency to seize these propertyother items). These auctions will be conducted on
assets that have either been used in the commissioneither the Internet and/or LIVE in person to interested
of a crime, or have been purchased with money thatbidders.
was received through the commission of a crime. NotWhen most people think about police impound car
all items, though are seized. Sometimes items areauctions they believe those cars were once owned
acquired by police department because of beingby a drug dealer or murderer, but that isn't always the
abandoned. Sometimes also, police surplus vehicles arecase. A good number of the cars that you will hit upon
sold.at a police impound car auction are those which have
You might be asking yourself, "What types of thingsbeen confiscated because of non-payment of loans
can I get at a police auction?" The answer is anythingand from businesses involved in fraud. A result of all
you can think of, and it has probably been seized orthis is that many of the cars are nearly new or in
abandoned (or even surplused). Cars, jewelry, planes,incredibly good condition.
boats, furs, homes, anything that has been used in a