Certified police gym gear as workforce development

The FY2026 report lists a new program, the Officer Wellness Program, at 693.12 funded and spent, recipient Barnegat Police Department (pp4 to 7). It gives the primary problem as supports effective response to overdose incidents and the primary category as Workforce Development and Capacity Building, with the Schedule B strategies First Responders and Training. It says settlement funds are being used to purchase fitness and wellness equipment for officers who respond to opioid emergencies, and reports 45 individuals served. Purchase order 26-00925 to Amazon Capital Services, check 48216 on 05/05/2026, bought a gym mirror 229.99, a weight belt squat attachment 299.00, core sliding disks 35.80, a medicine ball target 80.74 and heavy duty dip stands 47.59, 693.12 to the cent. The report names the purchase, but the category and the overdose framing do not describe it. No training was bought. Exhibit E's First Responders category lists wellness and support services for first responders who experience secondary trauma from opioid emergencies. No listed use covers gym equipment, and no wellness service using it is documented. The report's encumbered figure also holds a 12,087.30 gym build-out from Advantage Sport and Fitness, ordered 12/04/2025, that no program in the report describes.