Meeting Time: May 13, 2025 at 2:00pm EDT

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Agenda Item

5.P) Budget and Appropriate - $70,000 in Fiscal Year 2025 from the Criminal Forfeiture Fund in Further Support of Law Enforcement Activities by the Commonwealth's Attorney's Office - Amy Ashworth, Commonwealth's Attorney - Safe and Secure Community

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    Bryan Swan at May 05, 2025 at 9:08pm EDT

    This could incentivize asset forfeiture; funds garnered by this should go to other departments to prevent abuse. This further risks supplanting funds as evidenced by recent requests for additional funding from the same department and potentially skirts Article VIII, Section 8 of the Virginia Constitution requiring funds to go to the Virginia Literacy Fund. Using funds in this manner is viewed negatively by a supermajority of bipartisan voters.