Update on Oklahoma’s use of card reader for civil asset forfeiture: Oklahoma governor suspends use of controversial card readers.

“The Department of Public Safety needs to formulate a clear policy for using this new technology,” said Fallin. “It can be a viable tool for law enforcement only if authorities are able to ensure Oklahoma motorists and others driving through our state that it will be used appropriately.”

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol was given the devices to freeze and seize money loaded onto prepaid debit cards by alleged drug traffickers, with the potential to net up to $8,000 per portable scanner.

Supporters of the program, which had only been in the field for about six weeks, say it’s an important tool for law enforcement agencies to interrupt the flow of illegal drugs into Oklahoma.

Note they are seizing money from “alleged” drug traffickers. If you’re mindset is that an innocent person simply drops by the highway patrol’s office to pick up their wrongly seized assets and money, you are gravely mistaken.

If your car has Colorado plates, I’d avoid Oklahoma if I were you.