Police vehicles and gear

Certified a police Jeep as workforce development

$49,228.35

Amount in this finding

CGrade C · provisionalBranchburg Township

Police vehicles and gear · Verified · Updated 10/03/2026 · 4 documents

The FY2026 report lists a new program, printed as Vehichle Purchase and outfitting, at 49,228.35 funded and spent (pp6 to 8). It names the recipient as 2025 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the primary problem as Police Vehicle and the purpose as For police to patrol the municipality. It files the program under the primary category Workforce Development and Capacity Building and the Schedule B strategy First Responders. It gives the funding and launch date as 10/13/2025 and reports 0 individuals served. It says the program addresses opioid use disorder through a visible police force. Asked how often it measures its indicator, increased community awareness, it answers that the police use the vehicle when attending functions. It gives the outcome as unknown. The books show the vehicle and its lights. Hertrich Fleet Services purchase order 25-01477, 2025 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE - PD, was first encumbered 09/09/2025 and paid by check 52660 for 39,667.45 on 10/13/2025, from current fund account 5-01-46-888-020, Opioid settlement. Elite Vehicle Solutions purchase order 25-01645, 2025 JEEP LIGHTING W/INSTALL, was paid by check 2885 for 9,560.90 on 04/27/2026 from grant account G-02-40-214-019, Opioid Funds Appropriated. The two payments make the certified figure to the cent. On 12/31/2025 reference 5991, recharged to grant ck 52660, took the Jeep off the current fund line and reference 5990 charged it to the grant account. The same day reference 5992 moved the line's 59,153.90 balance to the grant fund, where reference 5989 records it as the 2025 budget appropriation. Both accounts carry opioid settlement titles, and the FY2025 report certified that 59,153.90 as opioid funds appropriated but not yet spent. The recharge moved the Jeep between two settlement accounts. The produced records do not show it charged to a police budget line at any point. The report names the vehicle plainly, but neither label describes it. Exhibit E's First Responders category adds two uses to the first-responder items in sections C, D and H: education about fentanyl and other drugs, and wellness services for first responders. Its Training category funds staff training and networking. No listed use in C, D, H or I covers a patrol vehicle, and no overdose program using this vehicle is documented.