In jurisdictions that make heavy use of civil forfeiture, it’s a standard question. It’s unfortunately common in some small towns and low population counties as it’s a large chunk of their funding.

That certainly puts a different light on how I was looking at the topic.

The incentives are aligned for cops to ask the question as much as possible–if their local department gets to keep a good chunk of the seized money, that’s more in the bank to pay for all sorts of stuff, including additional overtime hours aka money directly in the officers pockets.

It's fucking Nevada. They already knew exactly which Dea agent to call. These asshats probably troll for gamblers and steal much lower amounts all the time.