It is now up to Gov. Mel Carnahan and the Missouri General Assembly to decide what, if any, action will be taken on the report's findings. At least one joint interim committee, which is chaired by Rep. Jim Kreider, D-Nixa, and Sen. Harry Wiggins, D-Kansas City, has been discussing the forfeiture matter for the last several months. Although the committee met Tuesday in St. Louis to begin discussing the report's findings, it was not immediately known what they plan on doing about the issue.
The report is being submitted to Gov. Mel Carnahan and the state legislature for their consideration. At least one committee, headed by Rep. Jim Kreider, D-Nixa and Sen. Harry Wiggins, D-Kansas City, has already been looking into the issue.
The money seized from drug busts in Missouri is sometimes funneled through the federal government allowing most of the money to come back to law enforcement agencies rather than schools, said Rep. Jim Kreider, D-Nixa.
Democrat Jim Kreider is asking the governor to call a special session to discuss a possible payraise. Supporters say that would free the legislature to spend next session on other issues.
"This measure crosses all demographic lines," said Speaker Pro Tem Jim Kreider, a supporter of concealed weapons. He pointed out that Republicans and Democrats supported Prop B, that they were black and white, rural and urban. 103 out of 115 Missouri jurisdictions passed Prop B.
"It hurts law enforcement's image, it's just a little shady," said Rep. Jim Kreider, D-Nixa, sponsor of a legislative compromise that would spilt forfeitures between schools and police.
"I felt there should be an incentive for mothers or parents to stay at home," said bill sponsor Rep. Jim Kreider, D-Nixa. "We need to reward mothers who are not working in order to be home."
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