Program misclassification

Certified a police Night Out DJ and pretzels as prevention

$1,860.00

Amount in this finding

FGrade F · provisionalHamilton Township

Program misclassification · Verified · Updated 10/04/2026 · 3 documents

The FY2026 report lists National Night Out, recipient the Hamilton Township Police Division, 1,860.00 funded and spent, funded 06/24/2026 and launched 08/04/2026 (pp9 to 10). It gives the primary category as Primary Prevention, Education, and Training, with the Schedule B strategies Connections to Care and First Responders (p11). The books show two orders placed 06/24/2026. Order 26-03324 to DJ Dan Murphy LLC is four hours of music and emcee, 500.00, a sound system and power station, 400.00, and three more speakers, 100.00. Order 26-03325 to James Tuttle is pretzels, 860.00. The check register describes them as National Night Out 2026 for the Police Division. Checks 988 and 989 paid both on 08/20/2026. Outside the settlement account, the Township paid the same DJ 1,000.00 for the 2025 National Night Out by check 10615 on 08/28/2025, and 750.00 each for 2023 music and pretzels by checks 864 and 869. A DJ, speakers and pretzels are not among the uses Exhibit E lists. No prevention program delivered at the event is documented.