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Audit of Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies Arkansas Office
of the Prosecutor Coordinator Little Rock, Arkansas

GR-80-00-006
January 4, 2000
Office of the Inspector General


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Office of the Inspector General, Audit Division, has completed an audit of the Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies, Grant No. 97-WE-VX-0117, administered by the Arkansas Office of the Prosecutor Coordinator (PCO), for the period March 1, 1997, through December 31, 2000. The PCO received an initial award and one supplemental award totaling $780,556. Our audit concentrated on but was not limited to the period March 1, 1997, through July 20, 1999.

The PCO generally complied with grant requirements related to grant expenditures, and financial reporting; however, we noted the following weaknesses:

These weaknesses are discussed in the Findings and Recommendations sections of this report. Our audit Scope and Methodology are described in Appendix I.