U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 

Audit Report

 

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services

Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma Police Department

 

GR-80-98-035

September 17, 1998

 

 

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 Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma Police Department. The Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma received a grant of $53,482 under the Funding Accelerated for Smaller Towns (FAST) program to hire one additional officer for 3 years. A second grant for an additional $259,584 was awarded under the Universal Hiring Program (UHP) to hire four more officers. The purpose of the additional officers was to enhance community policing efforts.

We found the following weakness with regard to meeting grant conditions:

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

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