The Borough paid 33,722.95 from opioid grant account 5-01-99-300-227 to All Traffic Solutions under purchase order 25-03050. The audit trail and the purchase order call it MESSAGE BOARD TRAILER-POLICE. The vendor's invoice SIN047022 of 11/26/2025 shows what was bought. An ATS-5 380 ALPR-ready trailer bundle with a SpeedAlert 24 display, solar power, data collection and pictures, 25,472.95. A surveillance ready telescoping mast, 7,500.00. Anti-vandal wiring for the ALPR trailer, 750.00. The purchase order ships it to the South River Police Department. The invoice shows the trailer is ready for a license plate reader. It does not show that a reader was installed. The order was first encumbered 10/22/2025. Check 74496 paid it on 12/16/2025. That check was voided on 03/19/2026 and check 75206 paid the same amount the same day, so the trailer was paid once. The police budget paid this vendor 12,692.24 from 2018 to 2025 for a yearly Traffic Suite subscription, a battery and repairs to an existing police sign trailer. The record ties no opioid program to the new trailer. Police traffic and surveillance equipment is not among the uses Exhibit E lists. The trailer is 66 percent of the 50,887.55 paid from the opioid accounts through 08/31/2026. The payment falls in the DHS reporting year running 07/01/2025 to 06/30/2026. The FY2026 report, published 10/01/2026, certifies 41,082.55 spent in that year, a figure that includes the trailer. It answers No when asked whether the Borough funded any program and does not describe the trailer.
Surveillance technology
Paid 33,722.95 for an ALPR-ready surveillance trailer
$33,722.95
Amount in this finding
DGrade D · provisionalSouth River
Surveillance technology · Verified · Updated 10/03/2026 · 4 documents