Police vehicles and gear

Certified a police Ford Escape as a treatment program

$37,852.00

Amount in this finding

FGrade F · provisionalNorth Plainfield

Police vehicles and gear · Verified · Updated 10/03/2026 · 3 documents

The FY2026 report lists a new program named Quick Response Team at 37,852.00 funded and spent, recipient North Plainfield, recipient category First Responders, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Services (pp4 to 6). It describes early intervention and connecting individuals with treatment, recovery and support services after substance related incidents, and reports 100 individuals served. It files the program under the primary category Treatment, with the Schedule B strategies Treat Opioid Use Disorder, Support People in Treatment and Recovery, Connections to Care, Prevent Misuse of Opioids and Harm Reduction. It gives 5/4/2026 as the funding and launch date. Its only added detail, at question 22, reads Vehicle purchased for this team to utilize for responses. The books show one payment. Purchase order 26-00829, first encumbered 05/07/2026, PD-2026 Ford Escape, Nielsen Ford of Morristown Inc, 37,852.00, paid by check 1153 on 06/23/2026 from account G-02-40-771-202. It is the certified figure to the cent. The ledger enters police department purchases with the prefix PD-, as on order 24-01588, PD-Operational Readiness Class, which ships to the Police Department. No staff, outreach provider, treatment referral or other cost of a quick response team appears on either account through 07/09/2026. A vehicle is not treatment. Exhibit E's Treatment uses are treatment for opioid use disorder, and no listed use covers a police vehicle. No quick response team using this vehicle is documented.