Oakland
- 01Certified an arcade trip and a tip-line fee as education8,756.23
- 02Certified an arcade trip as overdose harm reduction6,881.59
- 03Reported an arcade trip as a K-12 prevention program5,188.20
- 0480 percent of settlement spending went to arcade trips21,550.23
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Oakland has received $73,291.14 in opioid settlement funds and spent $26,805.00 of it.
The money, four ways.
Four figures describe the same settlement money. Each one comes from a different document.
Certified against the books,
every report year.
Every year this jurisdiction has filed, and the year it has not. The match on each row is computed from the rows, not judged.
filed
- Program name
- L.E.A.D.
- Recipient
- OAKLAND MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE
- Amount expended
- $5,188.20
- Received to date
- $14,104.52
filed
- Program name
- L.E.A.D.
- Programs listed
- 2
- Amount expended
- $6,881.59
- Unspent on hand
- $26,507.75
- Received to date
- $38,550.54
filed
- Program name
- L.E.A.D.
- Programs listed
- 2
- Amount expended
- $4,588.20
- Unspent on hand
- $46,453.50
- Received to date
- $63,111.49
filed
- Program name
- L.E.A.D.
- Recipient
- L.E.A.D.
- Recipient category
- First Responders, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Services
- Amount expended
- $10,147.01
- Unspent on hand
- $50,580.62
- Received to date
- $73,291.14
7 findings.
Every finding is verified to the documents in its own row. An inference is labelled as one.
Red with the marker: a certified figure the books contradict.
The FY2026 report lists one program, L.E.A.D., at 10,147.01 funded and spent (pp4 to 5).
It names L.E.A.D. as the only recipient, in the category First Responders, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Services. It gives the problem as education prevention, the purpose as education and the target population as children and young adults from 0 to 18. It reports 50 people served and 4 training or education sessions, with the primary category Primary Prevention, Education, and Training and the Schedule B strategy Prevent Misuse of Opioids (pp5 to 6). It names the Police Chief and the Administrator as the officials who decided the spending (p2). The account paid five items in the period. Dave & Buster's of New Jersey received 6,256.23 for LEAD TRIP 2026 on purchase order 26-00570, check 2024, on 05/12/2026. Bergen County Crime Stoppers received 2,500.00 for a one-time membership fee on purchase order 26-00037, check 2004, on 02/24/2026. L.E.A.D. received 750.00 for K-12 Too Good For Drugs, check 1995, on 11/10/2025, 241.78 for Too Good For Drugs Grade 6, check 2002, on 02/10/2026, and 399.00 for the 2026 LEAD Conference, check 2030, on 06/09/2026. The five payments make the certified figure to the cent. 8,756.23 of it went to an arcade outing and a membership in a crime tip-line organization. Neither was paid to the recipient the report names. No listed use covers an arcade outing or a tip-line membership, and no program either one serves is documented.
program-misclassification · 3 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2024 report lists a new program named LEAD at 6,881.59 funded and expended (pp2 to 3).
It names the recipient as LEAD, the problem as addiction prevention and the description as education. It gives the funding date and the launch date as 04/17/2024, the primary category as Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention and the Schedule B strategy as Prevent Misuse of Opioids. Its one indicator is a single training or education session. The account paid three items in the period. Dave & Buster's of New Jersey received 6,117.60 for the LEAD Trip on purchase order 24-00751, check 1928, on 04/29/2024. First Student received 400.00 for buses for the LEAD Trip 2024 on purchase order 24-00752, check 1931, on 05/13/2024, after check 1929 for 680.50 was voided. L.E.A.D. received 363.99 for the L.E.A.D. Summit 2024 on purchase order 24-00226, check 1920, on 02/26/2024. The three payments make the certified figure to the cent. Both trip orders were first encumbered on 04/17/2024, the date the report gives for funding and launch. Exhibit E's harm reduction uses are naloxone, overdose education, syringe services and related care. None of the three payments is one of them, no listed use covers an arcade outing, and no overdose program the spending serves is documented.
program-misclassification · 4 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2023 report certifies 5,188.20 expended as of 06/30/2023 (p1) and one program, L.E.A.D., funded at 5,188.20 on 05/18/23 (p2).
It names the funding recipient as the Oakland Municipal Alliance, the problem as drug use among K-12 students and the primary category as Prevention and Education. It describes L.E.A.D. as a known statewide program geared towards alcohol and drug use prevention, reports approximately 200 clients seen and gives the launch date as January 2023. Its rationale reads "Gives the students an opportunity to bond with the officers that teach the program in a drug/alcohol free environment." The account paid two items in the period, both on 06/13/2023. Dave & Buster's of New Jersey received 4,588.20 for the LEAD Trip on purchase order 23-00954, check 1870. First Student received 600.00 for buses for the LEAD Trip on purchase order 23-00953, check 1871. The two payments make the certified figure to the cent. No payment went to the Municipal Alliance. The certified program is an outing to an arcade and entertainment venue and the buses to get there. No listed use covers an arcade outing, and no evidence-based prevention program built around it is documented.
false-characterization · 3 documents · 10/03/2026From 06/13/2023 to 09/10/2026 the settlement account paid 26,805.00.
21,550.23 of it, 80.4 percent, went to Dave & Buster's of New Jersey, an arcade and entertainment venue, on four checks the ledger describes as the LEAD trip. Check 1870 paid 4,588.20 on 06/13/2023. Check 1928 paid 6,117.60 on 04/29/2024. Check 1974 paid 4,588.20 on 06/12/2025. Check 2024 paid 6,256.23 on 05/12/2026. First Student was paid 1,000.00 more for buses for the 2023 and 2024 trips. Each year the Borough described the trip to the State differently. The FY2023 report called it a K-12 prevention program run by the Municipal Alliance. The FY2024 report filed it under Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention. The FY2025 report called it work with young adults to explain the dangers. The FY2026 report called it education for ages 0 to 18. None of the four reports names Dave & Buster's or a trip. The Borough's vendor report shows its own summer camp trips to the same venue, 1,227.64 to 2,294.10 a trip from 2022 to 2026, paid from recreation accounts. No record produced shows what the LEAD trips bought or who attended. No evidence-based prevention program built around them is documented, and no listed use covers an arcade outing.
false-characterization · 6 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2025 report certifies 4,588.20 expended (p1) and answers No when asked whether the Borough funded any new program (p2).
It reports the 4,588.20 as spending on the existing LEAD program. It explains that additional funds were spent on the program and gives the indicator as increased community awareness, "Working with young adults to explain the dangers" (p2). The account paid one item in the period, 4,588.20 to Dave & Buster's of New Jersey for LEAD TRIP 2025 on purchase order 25-00799, check 1974, on 06/12/2025. It is the whole certified figure. No record produced shows any explanation of drug dangers delivered through the outing, and no listed use covers an arcade outing.
false-characterization · 3 documents · 10/03/2026The Borough has given the State three launch dates for its L.E.A.D. program.
The FY2023 report gives January 2023 (p2). The FY2024 report lists LEAD as a new program funded and launched 04/17/2024 (pp2 to 3), the date the Dave & Buster's and bus orders for that year were first encumbered. The same report says the 2023 L.E.A.D. program was run again in 2024 (p3). The FY2026 report lists L.E.A.D. as a new 2026 program launched 9/1/2023 (pp4 to 5). The Borough's Municipal Alliance ledger shows a L.E.A.D. order of 01/31/2019 with lines for a patrolman, a sergeant and two hotel rooms, and 1,000.00 paid to First Student for buses for the LEAD trip on 06/12/2019, both on Municipal Alliance - County, G-02-05-703-001. The program the reports present as new has run since at least 2019.
self-contradiction · 6 documents · 10/03/2026From 2019 to early 2023 the Borough paid its L.E.A.D. costs from its Municipal Alliance accounts.
The vendor report for L.E.A.D. and the Alliance ledger show conference registrations, training and hotels charged to Municipal Alliance - County, G-02-05-703-001, at 669.00 on the 2019 order, 1,080.08 in 2020, 1,137.80 in 2021 and 1,036.34 in 2022, and two conference hotel rooms at 388.00 charged to Municipal Alliance - local match, G-02-05-703-002, on 02/06/2023. That is 4,311.22. The Municipal Alliance trust, T-13-56-286-038, bought the Too Good For Drugs Grade 6 kit for 887.85 on 10/26/2020. The Alliance paid First Student 1,000.00 for buses for the LEAD trip on 06/12/2019. On 01/01/2023 the Borough cancelled 16,006.88 of prior-year receivable balances on the Alliance's County account. No Alliance account paid the vendor L.E.A.D. after 02/06/2023. The settlement account then paid buses for the LEAD trip, 600.00 on 06/13/2023 and 400.00 on 05/13/2024, the L.E.A.D. Summit 2024 registration, 363.99 on 02/26/2024, Too Good For Drugs Grade 6 again, 241.78 on 02/10/2026, and the 2026 LEAD Conference, 399.00 on 06/09/2026. Those five payments total 2,004.77. The Alliance's local match account held 12,178.22 when the 2024 registration was ordered and 9,541.22 when the 2026 Grade 6 order and conference were ordered. The Alliance kept paying for dances, project graduations, apparel and, on 02/12/2024, mood rulers, pencils and police car erasers. The settlement money carried costs the Borough had paid from its Municipal Alliance accounts for years.
supplantation · 3 documents · 10/03/2026Patterns this jurisdiction appears in: Funding-source substitution
The ledger, as printed.
Account G-02-22-790-001, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/13/2023 | 1870 | 23-00954 | DAVE & BUSTER'S · LEAD Trip | 4,588.20 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/13/2023 | 1871 | 23-00953 | FIRST STUDENT · Buses for LEAD Trip | 600.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 02/26/2024 | 1920 | 24-00226 | L.E.A.D. · L.E.A.D. Summit 2024 | 363.99 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 04/29/2024 | 1928 | 24-00751 | DAVE & BUSTER'S · LEAD Trip | 6,117.60 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/13/2024 | 1931 | 24-00752 | FIRST STUDENT · First Student (ck 1929 680.50 voided 05/01/24, re-paid ck 1931 net 400.00) | 400.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/12/2025 | 1974 | 25-00799 | DAVE & BUSTER'S · LEAD TRIP 2025 | 4,588.20 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 11/10/2025 | 1995 | 25-01575 | L.E.A.D. · K-12 TOO GOOD FOR DRUGS | 750.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 02/10/2026 | 2002 | 25-01909 | L.E.A.D. · TOO GOOD FOR DRUGS GRADE 6 | 241.78 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 02/24/2026 | 2004 | 26-00037 | BERGEN COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS · ONE-TIME MEMBERSHIP FEE | 2,500.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/12/2026 | 2024 | 26-00570 | DAVE & BUSTER'S · LEAD TRIP 2026 | 6,256.23 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/09/2026 | 2030 | 26-00687 | L.E.A.D. · 2026 LEAD CONFERENCE | 399.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| Total paid | 26,805.00 | ||||
| Conforming abatement spending | 0.00 |
Vendors, and what paid them before.
What fund carried each payee before the opioid account, and how large the opioid slice is against the whole relationship. Bars share one scale.
Full width is $21,550.23, the largest payee total. Solid is the opioid account. Hatched is every other fund.
All documents are public records produced by the jurisdiction. Titles are the documents' own.
No dated event is published for this jurisdiction yet.
No correction received from this jurisdiction. If a figure on this page is wrong, send the record that shows it. The response is published here word for word.
Correct the recordCan opioid settlement money be spent on police cars or license plate readers?
No. Exhibit E of the national settlement lists the approved uses: treatment, recovery, prevention, harm reduction and related supports. Vehicles and surveillance hardware are not among the uses it lists, and state law bars using the funds to replace money a town would otherwise have spent.The approved uses
What did Oakland tell the State it spent the money on?
It certified 6 programs to the Department of Human Services. Each program, its recipient and its amount are reproduced above, beside the payments in the account.See the reports
How was this grade computed?
By code, from a published rubric: reporting integrity 50 percent, spending conformity 40 percent, transparency 10 percent, with hard caps for a certified program that has no payee in the books, for an uncertified transfer out, and for a records refusal.The rubric
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Oakland Borough
Oakland paid 21,550.23 of the 26,805.00 its settlement account has spent to Dave & Buster's for four outings, and each year told the State the money funded drug prevention, harm reduction or education.