Here in Portland , years ago, cops started taking the Johns cars in prostitution busts. They would list the cars they grabbed in the local news. It was a big publicity blitz.
Pretty soon, it was known that they didnt take shitty cars, or they wouldnt take a car that still had a lot owed to the banks. So they were doing appraising and credit checks at the crime scenes. It made for bad press and legal questions.
Then they started running into Johns that were city workers, cops, water bureau, etc., in their city owned cars, they didnt confiscate those cars.
They still take cars and property here, they just dont report it the way they used to.

Cops, eventually, will just suck at everything they do.