Paid recruit academy costs the police budget had carried

Purchase order 23-00362 to Passaic County Police Academy opened on 02/23/2023 with a New Hire line charged to the Police Department's education, conference and schools line, 3-01-25-240-23. The academy costs were then charged to settlement account G-02-40-717-01, 1,155.00 for each of two recruits, paid by check 59938 on 06/08/2023. Check 61022 paid 550.00 tuition and 45.00 drug testing for a third recruit from the same account on 12/19/2023. The Township had paid Morris County Fire/Police Academy 1,000.00 for an Anderson Basic Police Class from its police doctors and exams line by check 55912 on 06/16/2021. On 09/18/2024 check 62479 paid the same academy the same 1,000.00 for a recruit's tuition from the settlement account. All other payments to both academies from 2018 to 2026 came from police lines. The FY2023 report certifies the 2,310.00 as New Police Officer's Training, which is what it bought. No listed use covers basic recruit training, and no abatement program built on it is documented. Settlement money must add to local spending, not replace it.