Audit Report
Police Hiring Supplement Grant
Awarded to City of Cleveland, Ohio Police Department
Award Numbers 94-DL-CX-0018
Audit Report Number GR-50-98-032
September 23, 1998
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Office of the Inspector General, Audit Division, has completed an audit of a $2 million grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), to the Cleveland, Ohio Police Department (CPD). The CPD received the grant to hire or rehire 30 additional sworn police officers under the Police Hiring Supplement (PHS). The purpose of the grant was to enhance community policing efforts. In brief, our audit revealed the following:
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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