Certified promotional giveaways as prevention programs

The FY2025 report certifies 22,607.94 expended between 07/01/2024 and 06/30/2025 (p1). It reports the money as three programs of the Rutherford Police Department, each under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training (pp4 to 8). Opioid Prevention through Community Engagement is certified at 3,580.09. L.E.A.D., described as drug awareness and education for 6th grade students with a launch date of 01/01/2015, is certified at 3,730.63. National Night Out is certified at 15,297.22. The books show one vendor. Check 21516 on 11/12/2024 paid Kaeser and Blair 7,821.57 on order 24-01357 for National Night Out promo items, LED selfie lights, credit card bottle openers, beach balls, temporary tattoos, die cut stickers, a waterproof speaker, 150 eco journals, a photo prop and stadium cups. Check 21984 on 01/27/2025 paid 1,535.95 on order 24-02117 for eco journals with pen, a setup fee and freight. Check 22815 on 06/09/2025 paid 13,250.42 on order 25-00262, 5,854.23 for drug prevention promo items and 7,396.19 for 250 dog bag holders. The three payments make the certified figure to the cent. No payment to a school, an instructor, a curriculum or a provider appears. The three program amounts do not equal any set of the fifteen ledger lines. The report names programs. The books show merchandise, and no evidence-based prevention program using it is documented.