Program misclassification

Certified two police narcotics dogs as prevention education

$11,325.00

Amount in this finding

FGrade F · provisionalHamilton Township

Program misclassification · Verified · Updated 10/03/2026 · 6 documents

The FY2024 report lists a program named Police K9 at 2,125.00 funded and expended, recipient Hamilton Township Police Division (p3). It gives the primary problem as supporting PD infrastructure and resource improvements and the primary category as Primary Prevention, Education, and Training (p4). It says the Township will track impact through pounds of illicit drugs identified (p4). The FY2025 report lists Police K9 (dog 2) at 9,200.00 with the same category and the same wording (pp7 to 9). Purchase order 24-03599 to Green Leaf Pet Resort, 8,500.00, ships to the Police Division and describes a K9 narcotics detection dog for the Police Department. The settlement account paid its 2,125.00 balance by check 363 on 07/30/2024. The other 6,375.00 was charged to a health line, and 6,225.00 of it was repaid from an AKC Reunite K-9 grant account. Purchase order 25-02711 to Shallow Creek Kennels, 9,200.00, ships to the Police Division Chief's Office and describes a German Shepherd cross as a new police K-9. The settlement account paid all of it by check 646 on 06/17/2025. On 05/20/2025, eleven days after that order, the Township appropriated a 7,500.00 AKC Reunite K-9 Cop 2025 grant. On 09/08/2026 the grant account showed 0 percent used. A police dog is not among the uses Exhibit E lists. Its First Responders category adds only fentanyl education and responder wellness to the items in sections C, D and H. No prevention program using either dog is documented.