The FY2025 report certifies a program named LEAD Program Vehicle at 83,553.90 expended. It names the Ocean City Police Department as recipient and puts it in the category Schools, Colleges, Universities. It files the program under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training with the Schedule B strategy Prevent Overdose Deaths and Other Harms, and describes its purpose as connections between law enforcement and youth and a mobile medicine drop (State copy pages 6 and 7). Its only indicator is a predetermined amount of events. Four payments make the figure to the cent. Purchase order 25-00399 to Gentilini Chevrolet LLC is a 2024 Tahoe 9C1 Patrol PPV at 63,261.27, bought on state contract 21-FLEET-01485 (printed T2007-20-01485 on the order), with lights and siren on contract 17-FLEET-00758-MEE, and marked L.E.A.D. VEHICLE (invoice INV6090 pages 1 and 4, invoice file pages 12 and 15). Gentilini invoice INV6090 lists a flasher system, alternate flashing red and blue rear warning lamps, a red and white dome light, siren and horn wiring, a spot lamp and a radio suppression package (invoice file pages 12 to 15). Purchase order 25-00400 is a supervisor package on the same Tahoe at 7,592.41, marked L.E.A.D. CAR. Purchase order 25-00607 is a full custom wrap to department specifications at 7,200.22. Purchase order 24-01672 is a 5,500.00 wrap on a golf cart. On 07/09/2024, seven months before this order, check 111656 paid the same dealer 157,591.83 on purchase order 24-01784, 2024 TAHOE 9C1 PATROL PPV, 171,091.83 less a 13,500.00 police expo discount, charged to PS/POLICE-VEHICLES, account 4-01-25-740-292 (Gentilini check register pages 1 and 2). No drug drop or youth program using the Tahoe is documented in any produced record. Police vehicles are not among the uses Exhibit E lists.
How we know
Purchase Order 25-00399, Gentilini Chevrolet LLC, 2024 Tahoe 9C1 Patrol PPV, 63,261.27
Purchase Order 25-00607, Vineland Auto Electric Inc., L.E.A.D. Tahoe graphics, 7,200.22
Purchase Order 24-01672, The Printing Company, golf cart wrap for the L.E.A.D. program, 5,500.00
Check 113402, 02/27/2025, Gentilini Chevrolet LLC, 63,261.27
Check 113684, 04/11/2025, Vineland Auto Electric Inc., 14,890.63