Cherry Hill Township
- 01Certified a 227,195.42 encumbrance the books never carried227,195.42
- 02Certified a 262,229.72 encumbrance the books never carried262,229.72
- 03FY2025 report accounts for 226,212.39 more than it received226,212.39
- 04L.E.A.D. spending is police overtime at time and a half47,804.58
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Cherry Hill Township has received $777,234.14 in opioid settlement funds and spent $47,804.58 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
- $144,644.20
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $433,185.56
- Received to date
- $433,185.56
filed
- Program name
- L.E.A.D
- Recipient
- Cherry Hill Township through the Cherry Hill Police Department
- Recipient category
- First Responders, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Services
- Amount expended
- $12,770.28
- Unspent on hand
- $589,421.08
- Received to date
- $638,208.69
filed
- Program name
- L.E.A.D
- Amount expended
- $35,034.30
- Unspent on hand
- $502,234.14
- Received to date
- $777,234.14
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 FY2026 report certifies 227,195.42 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (p2, Q7).
The FY2025 report gave the L.E.A.D. program 275,000.00 in funding (p4). The two reports certify 12,770.28 and 35,034.30 spent on it. 275,000.00 less 12,770.28 less 35,034.30 is 227,195.42. The books hold no commitment behind the figure. The audit trail printed 05/28/2026 shows Encumber YTD of 0.00 on all eleven opioid accounts, -300 to -311. The trail printed 08/24/2026 for accounts -300 to -305 shows one encumbrance in the life of the accounts, payroll order P7-12939 for 2,957.76, dated 08/14/2026, after the year closed. Every L.E.A.D. charge is officer overtime, and each payroll order is first encumbered and paid on the same day. The accounts carry appropriations by settlement tranche. None is named for L.E.A.D., and no combination of them comes to 275,000.00. The same report certifies 502,234.14 on hand, which is the 777,234.14 received since 2022 less the whole 275,000.00. The certified figure is the program budget less spending, not an amount the books commit.
fake-encumbrance · 4 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2025 report certifies 262,229.72 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent between 07/01/2024 and 06/30/2025 (p1, Q7).
Its program page lists L.E.A.D. at 275,000.00 funded, 12,770.28 expended and 262,229.72 encumbered or appropriated (p4). 275,000.00 less 12,770.28 is 262,229.72. No order stood open on any opioid account at 06/30/2025. The audit trail printed 05/28/2026 shows Encumber YTD of 0.00 on all eleven opioid accounts. The trail printed 08/24/2026 shows one encumbrance in the life of accounts -300 to -305, payroll order P7-12939 for 2,957.76, dated 08/14/2026. Each payroll order that paid L.E.A.D. overtime was first encumbered and paid on the same day. The two accounts charged in FY2025, -303 and -305, carry amended appropriations of 7,250.51 and 8,530.01, equal to the overtime charged to them. None of the opioid appropriations is named for L.E.A.D., and no combination of them comes to 275,000.00. The certified figure is the program budget less spending, not an amount the books commit.
fake-encumbrance · 3 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2025 report certifies 638,208.69 received since 2022, interest included (p1, Q3).
On the same page it certifies 12,770.28 expended (Q6), 262,229.72 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent (Q7) and 589,421.08 unspent or uncommitted on hand (Q9). Those three figures add to 864,421.08, which is 226,212.39 more than the report says was ever received. The on hand figure is 638,208.69 less the 36,017.33 of interest the report lists at Q2, less the 12,770.28 spent. It leaves out the interest and does not deduct the encumbrance it certifies. The books show 12,770.28 paid through 06/30/2025, seven payroll lines of 02/28/2025 to 05/09/2025, and no open order on any opioid account. By the report's own receipts that leaves 625,438.41 unspent and uncommitted at 06/30/2025. The report cannot certify both its encumbrance and its on hand figure from 638,208.69.
unspent-misstated · 3 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2025 report certifies 12,770.28 expended on L.E.A.D., a school prevention program, under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training (p1 Q6, p4, p5).
The FY2026 report certifies 35,034.30 spent on the same program (p1 Q6, p6). The FY2025 report says certified Cherry Hill Police officers deliver the curriculum and that no outside vendor was used (p6, Q21). Neither report says what the money paid for. The books show police overtime and nothing else. Seven payroll lines on accounts -303 and -305, paid 02/28/2025 to 05/09/2025, make 12,770.28 to the cent. Overtime journals and payroll lines on accounts -301 and -305, 09/12/2025 to 05/22/2026, net 35,034.30 to the cent. The payroll register charges every line to department A08155 Opioid Abatement Funds, for officers whose own department is A08113 or A08112. It shows 186 hours for 11 officers in FY2025 and 456 hours for 13 officers in FY2026. The overtime register records every hour as Law Enforcement Against Drugs, at rate 1.5, pay type Cash 1.5. The FY2025 report also files the program under Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention and the Schedule B strategy Prevent Overdose Deaths and Other Harms (p5). The books show no naloxone, test strip or other harm reduction purchase. Every dollar is officer overtime. School-based prevention programs are among the uses Exhibit E lists. No curriculum, class schedule, attendance record or evaluation is in the record, so the use is unverified.
unverified-spending · 6 documents · 10/04/2026Patterns this jurisdiction appears in: Fake encumbrances
The ledger, as printed.
Account G-01-41-778-000-300, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/28/2025 | 22825 | P5-16987 | PAYROLL · Payroll & SS 2/28/25 | 1,180.89 | Paid · Unverified |
| 03/14/2025 | 31425 | P5-17024 | PAYROLL · Payroll & SS 3/14/25 | 3,546.72 | Paid · Unverified |
| 03/28/2025 | 32825 | P5-17342 | PAYROLL · Payroll & SS 3/28/25 | 2,144.25 | Paid · Unverified |
| 04/11/2025 | 41125 | P5-17465 | PAYROLL · Payroll & SS 4/11/25 | 378.65 | Paid · Unverified |
| 04/11/2025 | 41125 | P5-17465 | PAYROLL · Payroll & SS 4/11/25 | 2,131.72 | Paid · Unverified |
| 04/25/2025 | 425250 | P5-17950 | PAYROLL · Payroll & SS 4/25/25 | 1,368.09 | Paid · Unverified |
| 05/09/2025 | 50925 | P5-17954 | PAYROLL · Payroll & SS 5/9/25 | 2,019.96 | Paid · Unverified |
| 09/12/2025 | Move PR 9/12/25 | 4,461.93 | Paid · Unverified | ||
| 09/26/2025 | 92625 | P6-13663 | PAYROLL · Payroll & SS 9/26/25 | 2,914.02 | Paid · Unverified |
| 10/10/2025 | Move PR 10/10/25 | 3,163.41 | Paid · Unverified | ||
| 10/24/2025 | Move PR 10/24/25 | 2,239.11 | Paid · Unverified | ||
| 11/07/2025 | Move PR 11/7/25 | 2,290.59 | Paid · Unverified | ||
| 11/21/2025 | Move PR 11/21/25 | 771.30 | Paid · Unverified | ||
| 12/05/2025 | 120525 | P6-14650 | PAYROLL & ss 12/5/2025 | 1,310.03 | Paid · Unverified |
| 12/05/2025 | 120525 | P6-14650 | PAYROLL · PAYROLL & SS 12/5/2025 | 96.22 | Paid · Unverified |
| 12/19/2025 | 121925 | P6-15006 | PAYROLL & ss 12/19/25 | 854.73 | Paid · Unverified |
| 01/02/2026 | 10226 | P6-15157 | Payroll & ss 1/2/26 | 1,467.81 | Paid · Unverified |
| 01/16/2026 | 11626 | P6-15161 | Payroll & ss 1/16/26 | 771.30 | Paid · Unverified |
| 01/24/2026 | undo entry repost | -2,239.11 | Reversal · Unverified | ||
| 01/24/2026 | Move PR 10/24/25 | 2,239.11 | Paid · Unverified | ||
| 01/30/2026 | 13026 | P6-15479 | Payroll & ss 1/30/26 | 2,284.38 | Paid · Unverified |
| 02/13/2026 | 21326 | P6-15740 | Payroll & ss 2/13/26 | 1,406.25 | Paid · Unverified |
| 02/27/2026 | 22726 | P6-16000 | Payroll & ss 2/27/26 | 2,324.34 | Paid · Unverified |
| 03/13/2026 | 31326 | P6-16128 | Payroll & ss 3/13/26 | 2,222.82 | Paid · Unverified |
| 03/27/2026 | 32726 | P6-16256 | Payroll & ss 3/27/26 | 1,427.85 | Paid · Unverified |
| 04/10/2026 | 41026 | P6-16540 | Payroll & ss 4/10/26 | 837.72 | Paid · Unverified |
| 04/24/2026 | 42426 | P6-16632 | Payroll & ss 4/24/26 | 1,981.17 | Paid · Unverified |
| 05/08/2026 | 50826 | P6-16822 | Payroll & ss 5/8/26 | 1,574.64 | Paid · Unverified |
| 05/22/2026 | 52226 | P6-17301 | PAYROLL1 PAYROLL · Payroll & SS 5/22/26 | 634.68 | Paid · Unverified |
| 08/14/2026 | open | P7-12939 | PAYROLL1 PAYROLL · Payroll & SS 8/14/26 | 2,957.76 | Open encumbrance · Unverified |
| Total paid | 50,043.69 | ||||
| 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.
No payee is published for this jurisdiction yet.
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 Cherry Hill Township tell the State it spent the money on?
It certified 2 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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Cherry Hill Township
Cherry Hill Township has spent 47,804.58 of its opioid settlement money, all of it police overtime for a school program, and has twice certified a program budget less spending as money encumbered when its books carried no such commitment.