U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

 

Audit Report

 

Police Hiring Supplement Grant Awarded to the

New Haven, Connecticut Police Department

 

GR-70-98-008

December 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 (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), to the New Haven Police Department (New Haven). New Haven received a grant of $981,488 to hire or rehire 10 law enforcement officers under the Police Hiring Supplement (PHS) program.

Based on our audit, we found that New Haven properly managed the PHS grant:

However, we found the following weaknesses with regard to meeting the conditions of the grant:

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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