Bellmawr
- 01FY2024 report put 0.00 on hand after spending nothing70,933.36
- 02Spent 22,480.00 on a police K-9 and filed no FY2026 report22,480.00
- 03Every dollar spent went to a police dog and its kennel22,480.00
- 04FY2025 on-hand figure is 130.00 short of money received130.00
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Bellmawr has received $74,146.85 in opioid settlement funds and spent $22,480.00 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
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Received to date
- $25,600.80
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $0.00
- Received to date
- $70,933.36
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $74,016.85
- Received to date
- $74,146.85
4 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 70,933.36 of settlement funds received since 2022 (p1, Q3).
It certifies 0.00 expended, 0.00 appropriated or encumbered and 0.00 of administrative expenses for 07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024 (Q6 to Q8). It then certifies 0.00 of unspent and uncommitted funds on hand (Q9). Account G-02-00-745-002 paid nothing from its opening on 04/27/2023 until 09/25/2025. One year later the FY2025 report certifies 74,016.85 on hand, again with 0.00 spent. A town that received 70,933.36 and spent and committed none of it did not hold 0.00. The report contradicts itself by the full 70,933.36.
unspent-misstated · 3 documents · 10/04/2026The State's FY2026 page for the Borough reads No Report Received.
No report accounts for the year 07/01/2025 to 06/30/2026. In that year settlement account G-02-00-745-002 paid 22,480.00. Check 1839 paid Police Service Dogs, Inc. 16,000.00 on 12/31/2025 for a service dog on purchase order 25-02403. Check 1938 paid The Shed Lot 6,480.00 on 02/03/2026 for a K-9 kennel on purchase order 25-02335. A 755.44 payroll charge on 09/25/2025 was reversed the same day. Apart from that reversed charge, the two K-9 checks are the only payments from the account since it opened on 04/27/2023. The FY2025 report (p2, Q10) told the State the Borough planned to spend about 30,000.00 in December 2025 to obtain a K-9 used to detect opioids, support prevention efforts, assist in harm reduction, and facilitate education campaigns. The dog was ordered and paid on 12/31/2025. The State has no report of the purchase.
unreported-spending · 4 documents · 10/03/2026Through 09/01/2026 the account has paid 22,480.00 net, and all of it is police K-9.
The service dog is 16,000.00, Police Service Dogs, Inc. invoice 20250871, check 1839 on 12/31/2025. The kennel is 6,480.00, The Shed Lot invoice 8694, check 1938 on 02/03/2026. The Borough's vendor reports for 01/01/2018 to 09/01/2026 show each vendor was paid once, from the settlement account and no other. The FY2024 report said the Police Chief was working on programs. It answers No when asked whether the Borough funded any program, the FY2025 report answers No for new programs, and no report names one. The FY2025 report described the K-9 as a tool to detect opioids and support prevention, harm reduction and education. No overdose program, referral or treatment protocol using the dog is documented in any report or produced record. Police dogs are not among the uses Exhibit E lists.
non-conforming-spending · 5 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2025 report certifies 74,146.85 received since 2022, interest included (p1, Q3).
That is the FY2024 total of 70,933.36 plus 3,210.99 received and 2.50 of interest in FY2025. The report certifies 0.00 expended, 0.00 appropriated or encumbered and 0.00 of administrative expenses for 07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025 (Q6 to Q8). It certifies 74,016.85 on hand (Q9). With nothing spent or committed, the figure on hand is 74,146.85. The report is 130.00 short and nothing on it explains the gap. The account shows no 130.00 item. Its only lines in the year are the 3,210.99 receipt on 09/30/2024 and a Seton Hall University order opened 03/25/2025 and voided 04/22/2025.
self-contradiction · 3 documents · 10/04/2026Patterns this jurisdiction appears in: Police vehicles and gear
The ledger, as printed.
Account G-02-00-745-002, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/30/2024 | Reimbursement Opioid | 3,210.99 | Receipt | ||
| 09/25/2025 | payroll | 755.44 | Paid · Unverified | ||
| 09/25/2025 | correct charge | -755.44 | Reversal · Unverified | ||
| 12/31/2025 | 1839 | 25-02403 | POLICE SERVICE DOGS, INC. · SERVICE DOG | 16,000.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 02/03/2026 | 1938 | 25-02335 | THE SHED LOT · K-9 Kennel | 6,480.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| Total paid | 23,235.44 | ||||
| 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 $16,000.00, 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 Bellmawr tell the State it spent the money on?
No certified program is published for this jurisdiction yet. When a report is captured, each program appears here 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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Bellmawr Borough
Bellmawr Borough spent every settlement dollar that has left its account, 22,480.00, on a police dog and a kennel, filed no FY2026 report, and told the State it held 0.00 when it held all it received.