U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 

Audit Report

 

Office of Community Oriented Policing Services

Grants to the Boise City Police Department

Idaho

 

GR-90-98-033

 

July 1998

 

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

The Office of the Inspector General, Audit Division, has completed an audit of two grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), to the Boise City Police Department (BPD), Idaho. The BPD received a grant of $375,000 to hire five sworn officers under Phase I, and $600,000 to hire eight sworn officers under the Universal Hiring Program (UHP). The purpose of the additional officers under each of the grant programs is to enhance community policing efforts.

In brief, our audit determined that the BPD violated the following grant conditions:

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

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