Ramsey
- 01Left a 5,429.10 police upfitter payment out of FY20245,429.10
- 02Certified a police drug dog as harm reduction13,861.85
- 03Counted 10,245.05 of spent money as on hand in FY202410,245.05
- 04Reported 9,060.20 more on hand in FY2026 than it had left9,060.20
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Ramsey has received $84,760.68 in opioid settlement funds and spent $36,855.29 of it. Its largest single year difference between the report and the books is $4,883.20.
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
- Narcotics Detection Dog
- Recipient
- Borough of Ramsey
- Amount expended
- $5,361.85
- Received to date
- $16,076.60
filed
- Program name
- Narcotics Detection Dog
- Amount expended
- $8,500.00
- Unspent on hand
- $42,213.15
- Received to date
- $50,713.15
filed
- Program name
- Acquisition of Life Saving Medical Equipment for First Responders
- Recipient
- Ramsey Police Department
- Recipient category
- First Responders, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Services
- Programs listed
- 2
- Amount expended
- $16,400.60
- Unspent on hand
- $40,200.64
- Received to date
- $71,052.31
filed
- Program name
- Acquisition of Life Saving Medical Equipment for First Responders
- Amount expended
- $425.64
- Unspent on hand
- $58,249.59
- Received to date
- $84,760.68
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 FY2024 report certifies 8,500.00 expended in the period 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2024 (p1).
Its update to the Narcotics Detection Dog program explains the figure with the words "The $8,500 spent in the reporting period was all for this program" (p3). The settlement accounts paid more in that period. Connecticut Canine Services check 90633 paid 8,500.00 for the dog on 09/13/2023. Ages Auto LLC check 91663 paid 5,429.10 on 04/24/2024, purchase order 24-00732, invoice 37030, from account G-02-24-728-000. Journal reference 4059 credited 545.90 back to the dog's account on 09/13/2023. The net paid in the period is 13,383.20, which is 4,883.20 more than the report certifies. The Ages Auto payment appears in no report the Borough has filed. The FY2025 report certifies 16,400.60, which two later payments make to the cent.
misreported-expenditure · 6 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2023 report lists one program, Narcotics Detection Dog, recipient Borough of Ramsey (p2).
It names the problem as the challenge in detecting and interdicting drugs, specifically fentanyl laced drugs. It says the Police Department is purchasing, training and fielding a narcotics detection dog. Its statement of impact is keeping first-time users from access to drugs and preventing drug dealers from operating in and through the Borough. It files the program under the primary category Harm Reduction. The report certifies 5,361.85 expended as of 6/30/23 (p1), and the program page gives the same figure. The FY2024 report updates the program at 8,500.00 (p1, p3). Ray Allen Manufacturing check 90319 paid 5,361.85 on 06/28/2023, and Connecticut Canine Services check 90633 paid 8,500.00 for the dog on 09/13/2023. The two certified figures equal the two payments to the cent. Neither vendor received any other payment from the Borough, from any fund, between 01/01/2018 and 08/30/2026. Exhibit E's harm reduction category covers naloxone, overdose response education, syringe services, testing and mobile harm reduction units. No listed use covers a police drug detection dog, and no overdose program using the dog is documented.
program-misclassification · 5 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2024 report certifies 42,213.15 of unspent and uncommitted funds on hand (p1).
It certifies 50,713.15 received since 2022, interest included, 8,500.00 spent in the period and 0.00 encumbered (p1). 42,213.15 is 50,713.15 less the 8,500.00 alone. The FY2023 report certifies 5,361.85 spent as of 6/30/23 (p1), so on the Borough's own two reports 36,851.30 was left. The settlement accounts paid 18,745.05 net from 06/28/2023 to 06/30/2024. That is Ray Allen Manufacturing check 90319 for 5,361.85 on 06/28/2023, Connecticut Canine Services check 90633 for 8,500.00 on 09/13/2023 and Ages Auto LLC check 91663 for 5,429.10 on 04/24/2024, less the 545.90 journal credit of 09/13/2023. 50,713.15 less 18,745.05 leaves 31,968.10, which is 10,245.05 less than the report certifies. The revenue trails print 50,687.54 of settlement receipts through 06/30/2024.
unspent-misstated · 6 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2026 report certifies 58,249.59 of unspent and uncommitted funds currently on hand (p2).
It certifies 84,760.68 received since 2022 (p1) and 0.00 encumbered (p2). The four reports certify 30,688.09 spent in all. On those figures 54,072.59 was left, 4,177.00 less than the report certifies. The settlement accounts paid 35,571.29 net from 06/28/2023 to 06/30/2026. That includes Ages Auto LLC check 91663 for 5,429.10 on 04/24/2024, which no report lists, less the 545.90 journal credit of 09/13/2023. 84,760.68 less 35,571.29 leaves 49,189.39, which is 9,060.20 less than the report certifies. The revenue trails print 83,088.94 of settlement receipts through 04/30/2026 and end 05/28/2026. The report gives its Last Updated date as 9/15/2026. Check 95718 paid L.E.A.D. 1,284.00 from the settlement account on 08/26/2026, before that date.
unspent-misstated · 8 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2025 report certifies 40,200.64 of unspent and uncommitted funds on hand (p1).
It certifies 71,052.31 received since 2022, interest included, and 0.00 encumbered (p1). The settlement accounts paid 35,145.65 net from 06/28/2023 to 06/30/2025. That is the 5,361.85 and 8,500.00 dog payments, Ages Auto LLC 5,429.10 on 04/24/2024 less the 545.90 journal credit of 09/13/2023, Herren Talks check 92468 for 5,000.00 on 10/09/2024 and Bound Tree Medical check 93367 for 11,400.60 on 04/09/2025. 71,052.31 less 35,145.65 leaves 35,906.66, which is 4,293.98 less than the report certifies. The figure does not follow from the Borough's own reports either. The three reports certify 30,262.45 spent, and 71,052.31 less 30,262.45 is 40,789.86, which is 589.22 more than the 40,200.64 certified.
unspent-misstated · 6 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2023 report certifies 16,076.60 as the full amount of opioid abatement funds received as of 6/30/23 (p1).
The Borough's revenue trails for its Miscellaneous Grants accounts print three settlement receipts in 2022, 13,315.95 in all, then 848.39 on 01/31/2023, reference R 3324, described as Opioid settlement grant, and 2,760.65 on 06/16/2023. 16,924.99 had arrived by 06/30/2023. 16,076.60 is 13,315.95 plus 2,760.65. It leaves out the 848.39. The FY2024 report's 50,713.15 received since 2022 is built on the same 16,076.60.
misreported-receipts · 3 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2026 report certifies 0.00 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent in the period 7/1/2025 to 6/30/2026 (p2).
Account G-02-25-728-000 held an open order on 06/30/2026. Purchase order 26-01431 to L.E.A.D., for invoice 38048 dated 06/17/2026, was first encumbered on 06/22/2026 for 1,284.00. Check 95718 paid it on 08/26/2026, after the period closed. The report gives its Last Updated date as 9/15/2026, after the payment.
misreported-encumbrance · 2 documents · 10/03/2026Patterns this jurisdiction appears in: Police vehicles and gear
The ledger, as printed.
Account 2-01-10-720-000, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/29/2022 | R 3281 | opioid settlement belongs misc grants | 4,043.07 | Receipt | |
| 11/03/2022 | R 3231 | Opioid settlement part 2 | 4,228.47 | Receipt | |
| 12/30/2022 | R 3275 | Opioid settlement | 5,044.41 | Receipt | |
| 01/31/2023 | R 3324 | Opioid settlement grant | 848.39 | Receipt | |
| 06/16/2023 | R 25492 | Opioid settlement grant | 2,760.65 | Receipt | |
| 06/28/2023 | 90319 | 23-01079 | RAY ALLEN MANUFACTURING, LLC · Qt#RQ017171 dtd 05/02/2023 | 5,361.85 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/02/2023 | R 25559 | Opioid settlement grant | 3,918.27 | Receipt | |
| 09/13/2023 | 90633 | 23-01972 | CONNECTICUT CANINE SERVICES · Inv #INV-724 dtd 7/31/23 | 8,500.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 09/13/2023 | Expenditure post error, Reference 4059 seq 1 | -545.90 | Reversal · Non-conforming | ||
| 11/09/2023 | R 25638 | Opioid settlement grant | 998.11 | Receipt | |
| 04/24/2024 | 91663 | 24-00732 | AGES AUTO LLC · Inv #37030 dtd 2/29/24 | 5,429.10 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 04/30/2024 | R 25789 | Opioid settlement CVS | 1,722.41 | Receipt | |
| 04/30/2024 | R 25789 | Opioid settlement Walmart | 13,942.15 | Receipt | |
| 04/30/2024 | R 25789 | Opioid settlement TEVA | 1,430.89 | Receipt | |
| 04/30/2024 | R 25789 | Opioid settlement Walgreens | 1,315.53 | Receipt | |
| 04/30/2024 | R 25789 | Opioid settlement Allergan | 1,599.08 | Receipt | |
| 04/30/2024 | R 25789 | Opioid settlement | 2,255.75 | Receipt | |
| 04/30/2024 | R 25789 | Opioid settlement Walgreens | 2,203.40 | Receipt | |
| 06/17/2024 | R 25867 | Opioid settlement Jannsenn | 4,376.96 | Receipt | |
| 07/31/2024 | R 25892 | Opioid settlement Teva | 1,566.18 | Receipt | |
| 07/31/2024 | R 25892 | Opioid settlement | 5,306.22 | Receipt | |
| 07/31/2024 | R 25892 | Opioid settlement Allergan | 1,600.19 | Receipt | |
| 07/31/2024 | R 25892 | Opioid settlement CVS | 1,359.74 | Receipt | |
| 09/06/2024 | R 25959 | Opioid grant McKinsey | 2,016.41 | Receipt | |
| 10/09/2024 | 92468 | 24-02314 | HERREN TALKS INC · Inv #3200 dtd 7/1/24 | 5,000.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 10/10/2024 | R 25990 | Opioid grant ENDO | 1,746.77 | Receipt | |
| 04/09/2025 | 93367 | 25-00656 | BOUND TREE MEDICAL LLC · Qu #QUO-69532-Y4K6M4 dtd 3/12 | 10,000.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 04/09/2025 | 93367 | 25-00656 | BOUND TREE MEDICAL LLC · Qu #QUO-69532-Y4K6M4 dtd 3/12 | 1,400.60 | Paid · Unverified |
| 04/15/2025 | R 26202 | Opioid wire from Walgreens | 1,316.81 | Receipt | |
| 06/16/2025 | R 26259 | Opioid Grant - Janssen | 4,863.24 | Receipt | |
| 08/08/2025 | R 26326 | Opioid settlement - Dist,CVS,Aller,TEVA | 11,222.83 | Receipt | |
| 10/22/2025 | 94289 | 25-02416 | AMAZON.COM SERVICES Inc · Inv#13MF-CKY3-1KG7 dtd 10/1/25 | 425.64 | Paid · Unverified |
| 10/31/2025 | R 26390 | National Opioids ACH Walmart | 111.54 | Receipt | |
| 04/30/2026 | R 26581 | Opioid settlement Walgreens | 1,291.47 | Receipt | |
| 08/26/2026 | 95718 | 26-01431 | L.E.A.D. · Inv #38048 dtd 6/17/26 | 1,284.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| Total paid | 37,401.19 | ||||
| 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 $11,400.60, 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 Ramsey tell the State it spent the money on?
It certified 5 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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Ramsey Borough
Ramsey Borough bought a police drug detection dog with opioid settlement money and filed it with the State as harm reduction, left a 5,429.10 payment to its police vehicle upfitter out of its FY2024 report, and certified more money on hand than it had left in FY2024, FY2025 and FY2026.