U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 

Audit Report

 

Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance

Police Hiring Supplement Grant to the

Phoenix Police Department

Arizona

 

GR-90-99-002

 

OCTOBER 1998

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

The Office of the Inspector General, Audit Division, has completed an audit of a grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), to the Phoenix Police Department (PPD), Arizona. The PPD received a grant of $2,100,000 to hire 28 additional police officers under the Police Hiring Supplement (PHS) program. The purpose of the grant was to enhance community policing efforts.

We found the following weakness during our audit regarding grant conditions:

The above item is discussed in the Findings section of the report. Because the grant period has expired, we are not making any recommendations. Our audit scope and methodology are described in the Appendix.

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