U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Audit Report

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services

Grants to the

Mishawaka Police Department, Mishawaka, Indiana

Award Numbers 95-CF-WX-3579 and 97-CM-WX-1078

GR-80-99-005

December 22, 1998

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Office of the Inspector General, Audit Division, has completed an audit of the grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), to the Mishawaka Police Department (MPD). The MPD received grants of $900,000 to hire or rehire twelve additional sworn police officers under the Funding Accelerated for Smaller Towns (FAST) and Universal Hiring Program (UHP). The MPD also received $79,158 under the Making Officer Redeployment Effective (MORE) program but had not incurred costs under the program. The purpose of the additional officers, civilians, and equipment's funding was to enhance community policing efforts.

In brief, our audit determined the MPD:

• Will not be able to use all grant funding due to the inability to fill grant positions in a timely manner, resulting in funds of $171,125 that could be put to better use.
  
  
• Generally did not file grant reports on a timely basis.

These items are discussed in the Findings and Recommendations section of the report. Our scope and methodology appear in Appendix II.

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