Lots of states no longer allowed this, and so an officer would get federally deputized and "cooperate" for some minimal definition of the word with a federal ag

Lots of states no longer allowed this, and so an officer would get federally deputized and "cooperate" for some minimal definition of the word with a federal agency, and then local crime enforcement remained federal. This ends the loophole that allowed local police forces to seize assets even when their state prohibited it. Like my state.