Voorhees Township
- 01Certified a narcotics analyzer as prevention and training36,860.67
- 02Counted an August 2025 payroll journal as FY2025 spending18,416.40
- 03Bought a police dog and its vet care with settlement money11,400.00
- 04Certified a new police dog as harm reduction11,400.00
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Voorhees Township has received $258,904.09 in opioid settlement funds and spent $129,527.07 of it. Its largest single year difference between the report and the books is $18,416.40.
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
- Program planning is ongoing to successfully best use settlement funds
- Recipient
- Voorhees Township
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Received to date
- $49,476.32
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $210,230.69
- Received to date
- $134,947.69
filed
- Program name
- Narcotics Identification Equipment
- Recipient
- Thermo Scientific Portable
- Recipient category
- First Responders, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Services
- Programs listed
- 2
- Amount expended
- $55,277.07
- Unspent on hand
- $162,580.84
- Received to date
- $219,312.91
filed
- Program name
- K 9
- Recipient
- Tarheel Canine Training
- Recipient category
- First Responders, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Services
- Programs listed
- 3
- Amount expended
- $105,829.60
- Unspent on hand
- $143,029.80
- Received to date
- $258,904.09
11 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 FY2025 report certifies a program named Narcotics Identification Equipment at 36,860.67 expended.
It names Thermo Scientific Portable as the recipient and describes the program as the acquisition of a narcotics analyzer unit. It places it in the primary category Primary Prevention, Education, and Training. Its statement of impact is Proper narcotics identification. Purchase order 25-00852, dated 03/06/2025, ships the item to the Police Department as Narcotics Identification Equip under NJ State Contract 17-FLEET-00741. Thermo invoice SO171406 bills one TruNarc unit with a three year warranty at 36,135.00 and one TruNarc Type H kit at 725.67. The end user named on the invoice is the Voorhees Police Department. Check 72529 paid it on 04/28/2025. The certified figure equals the order to the cent. A handheld analyzer that identifies drugs is not prevention, education or training. No prevention, treatment or harm reduction program using the device is documented, and drug identification equipment is not among the uses Exhibit E lists.
false-characterization · 5 documents · 09/25/2026The FY2025 report certifies 55,277.07 expended in the period 7/1/2024 to 6/30/2025.
The account paid 36,860.67 in that period, check 72529 for the TruNarc analyzer. The other 18,416.40 is journal reference 8170, captioned 1/1 - 6/30 Opioid Training to Grant. It posted on 08/04/2025, after the period closed. The report certifies the journal as the VOA Arrive Together Program, recipient Payroll, launched and funded 01/01/2025. The worksheet behind the journal lists 25 lines of 8 overtime hours each. Three lines are marked 2024 and total 1,704.24. The overtime registers the Township produced give VOA ARRIVE as the reason for every shift, and show the three officers on the 2024 lines working ARRIVE shifts on 12/03/2024, 12/10/2024 and 12/17/2024. None of the shifts is recorded as training. All 25 charged shifts were worked inside the reporting period. The earliest is 12/03/2024.
misreported-expenditure · 5 documents · 09/26/2026Purchase order 25-03693 paid Tarheel Canine Training 9,900.00 for one Green Dual K9, described on the ledger as New K9 (Opiod Funds), check 74691 on 12/29/2025.
The Township's paid history with the same vendor shows a police dog, New K9 Bruiser, bought for 7,000.00 in 2019 from account T-14-56-852-864-801, Reserve for Law Enforcement Trust. The Police Department proposal attached to the order, dated 11/13/2025, is titled Proposal for Implementation of a Police K9 Unit Subsidised by Opioid Settlement Funds. It describes a dual-purpose dog for narcotics detection and emotional support. The first use case it lists is drug detection in high risk areas, schools, and during vehicle or property searches. Purchase order 25-03723 paid Voorhees Veterinary Center 1,500.00 for one year of care for the new dog, Creed, check 74712 on 12/29/2025. The same one year package for police dog Denver was paid from police account 5-01-25-240-240-152, K-9 Patrol, on 11/24/2025. In 2026 the Township paid 3,000.00 for both dogs from the K-9 Patrol line. No overdose, treatment or prevention program using the dog is documented, and police dogs are not among the uses Exhibit E lists.
supplantation · 5 documents · 09/26/2026The FY2026 report, pages 4 to 7, certifies a new program named K 9 at 11,400.00 spent, recipient Tarheel Canine Training.
Its primary category is Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention, with Primary Prevention, Education, and Training as a second category. It states the problem as Opioid Detection K 9 and the purpose as Acquire new K 9. It reports one person served, and its performance indicator is New K 9 introduced to patrol operations. The first outcome it lists is increased detection and seizure of illicit opioids. The books match the figure to the cent. Purchase order 25-03693 paid Tarheel Canine Training 9,900.00 for New K9 (Opiod Funds) by check 74691, and purchase order 25-03723 paid Voorhees Veterinary Center 1,500.00 for one year of care for the police dog Creed by check 74712, both on 12/29/2025. The page describes drug detection on patrol, not a harm reduction service. No overdose, treatment or prevention program using the dog is documented, and police dogs are not among the uses Exhibit E lists. The police K-9 Patrol line paid the same vet package for another police dog on 11/24/2025.
program-misclassification · 6 documents · 10/03/2026The revenue audit trail for account G-02-10-735-300 records four State checks, 14,122.51, 17,620.23, 2,963.44 and 9,642.99, a total of 44,349.17.
The last is check 22558 on 06/26/2023. Every later credit is labeled Reallocate. The FY2024 report certifies 85,471.37 received between 7/1/2023 and 6/30/2024. That equals the one Reallocate line of 05/31/2024. The FY2025 report certifies 84,365.22 received. That equals six Reallocate lines dated 12/12/2024 to 06/30/2025. The FY2023 report certifies 49,476.32 received as of 6/30/23. The checks booked by that date total 44,349.17. The FY2026 report certifies 39,591.18 received between 7/1/2025 and 6/30/2026. That equals the three Reallocate lines of 12/18/2025, 5,543.48, 33,658.10 and 389.60. The produced records do not show where the reallocated money came from.
receipts-unreconciled · 5 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2024 report certifies 134,947.69 received since 2022, 0.00 expended and 0.00 encumbered.
It certifies 210,230.69 of unspent and uncommitted funds on hand. That is 75,283.00 more than the Township says it ever received. The FY2025 report certifies 219,312.91 received since 2022 and 55,277.07 expended, which leaves 164,035.84. Less the certified 29,700.00 encumbered it leaves 134,335.84. The report certifies 162,580.84 unspent and uncommitted, which matches neither figure.
self-contradiction · 2 documents · 09/25/2026Resolutions 169-24 for 85,471.37, 189-25 for 4,599.63 and 294-25 for 39,201.58 each insert an item of revenue and appropriate a like sum under the title National Opioid Settlement Program.
The Township Committee minutes of 07/14/2025 record Resolution 233-25 in the same form for 16,987.80. The four total 146,260.38, the Amended figure on the account status report. None names a program, a use, a recipient or a vendor. The Township produced no resolution awarding any of the purchases paid from the account.
authorization-gap · 5 documents · 09/25/2026The Township produced a police overtime activity report for 04/23/2025 to 05/09/2025.
It lists eleven officers with four hours each, 44 hours, on dates from 04/23/2025 to 05/07/2025. The reason on every line is Opioid Settlement Funds. Ten lines give the shift as Training. Comments include OUD course, Opioid Course and Online Opioid Training. A line under the table reads Previous Pay (already paid, just need to categorize). The report gives hours and pay multipliers, not dollars. The settlement account carries no charge for this overtime. Journal reference 8170 is the only payroll charge on the account, and its supporting registers list ARRIVE shifts. Which account paid the 44 hours, and at what cost, is not in the produced records.
records-gap · 2 documents · 09/25/2026A Police Department proposal dated 04/10/2025 asks to use opioid funds for training for the Multi-Agency Police Peer Support Team.
It says the team has been in existence since 2020 and has held two trainings for new officers. It estimates a 40 hour NOVA Southeastern University course at 6,000.00. The account paid Jennifer Kelly PhD, LLC 12,000.00 for a 32 hour MAPPS team training held 10/21/2025 to 10/24/2025. The vendor history shows MAPPS charges on the police Other Professional Services line from 2021 onward, including a 400.00 peer support team training paid 05/22/2023. Check 74099 for 12,534.00 paid the 12,000.00 from the settlement account and 534.00 for MAPPS 3rd quarter 2025 training from police account 5-01-25-240-240-114. That the settlement money paid part of a program the police budget already carried is our inference from these records.
existing-program-funded · 3 documents · 09/25/2026Purchase order 25-01056, dated 03/27/2025, orders 66 seats of Operational Readiness for Police Officers, Practical Strategies for Addressing Opioid Use Disorder and Co-occurring Conditions, at 450.00, a total of 29,700.00.
It was unpaid at 06/30/2025. The FY2025 report certifies 29,700.00 encumbered, the order's face to the cent. Invoice INV-000739 billed 55 seats, 24,750.00, paid by check 73365 on 07/28/2025. The other 4,950.00 was never paid. Purchase order 26-01173 paid 26,100.00 for 58 seats of the sequel, OUD 2.0 Training for Law Enforcement, check 75886 on 05/26/2026. Training law enforcement on the needs of people with opioid use disorder is among the uses Exhibit E lists.
conforming-spending · 5 documents · 09/25/2026This finding held that the FY2024 receipt figure of 85,471.37 was a State check booked on 06/26/2023, before the FY2024 period began.
The revenue audit trail does not support that reading.
Withdrawn. Withdrawn on 2026-09-26. The finding read check 22558 of 06/26/2023 as the 85,471.37 the FY2024 report certifies as received. It is not. The revenue audit trail for account G-02-10-735-300 books check 22558, Payment 5, reference R 37520, at 9,642.99. The 85,471.37 is reference R 38405, a line labeled Reallocate dated 05/31/2024, inside the FY2024 period. The four State checks on the trail total 44,349.17. What the receipt figures do match is set out in receipts-match-reallocations-not-checks.
receipts-unreconciled · 2 documents · 09/26/2026Patterns this jurisdiction appears in: Funding-source substitution · Police vehicles and gear
The ledger, as printed.
Account G-02-10-735-300, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/23/2022 | Cash Rcpt/Accrued Rev - Ck. #16612 - Payment #1 | 14,122.51 | Receipt | ||
| 10/01/2022 | Cash Rcpt/Accrued Rev - To realize Revenue & set up Receivable | 14,122.51 | Receipt | ||
| 10/01/2022 | To charge Budget & set up Reserve | 14,122.51 | Journal · Transfer | ||
| 01/09/2023 | Cash Rcpt/Accrued Rev - Check #19365 - Payment #3 | 17,620.23 | Receipt | ||
| 02/01/2023 | Cash Rcpt/Accrued Rev - To realize Revenue & set up Receivable | 14,770.14 | Receipt | ||
| 02/01/2023 | Cash Rcpt/Accrued Rev - Reverse | 14,770.14 | Receipt | ||
| 02/07/2023 | Cash Rcpt/Accrued Rev - Check #20540 - Payment #4 | 2,963.44 | Receipt | ||
| 06/01/2023 | Cash Rcpt/Accrued Rev - Reverse | 14,770.14 | Receipt | ||
| 06/01/2023 | Cash Rcpt/Accrued Rev - Reverse Positing | 20,583.67 | Receipt | ||
| 06/01/2023 | Cash Rcpt/Accrued Rev - To realize 2023 Revenue | 14,770.14 | Receipt | ||
| 06/01/2023 | Cash Rcpt/Accrued Rev - To realize Revenue & set up Receivable | 20,583.67 | Receipt | ||
| 06/26/2023 | Cash Rcpt/Accrued Rev - Check #22558 - Payment #5 | 9,642.99 | Receipt | ||
| 05/31/2024 | Cash Rcpt/Accrued Rev - Reallocate | 85,471.37 | Receipt | ||
| 12/12/2024 | Cash Rcpt/Accrued Rev - Reallocate | 34,344.51 | Receipt | ||
| 12/12/2024 | Cash Rcpt/Accrued Rev - Reallocate | 15,288.82 | Receipt | ||
| 12/12/2024 | Cash Rcpt/Accrued Rev - Reallocate | 7,043.37 | Receipt | ||
| 12/12/2024 | Cash Rcpt/Accrued Rev - Reallocate | 6,101.51 | Receipt | ||
| 04/28/2025 | 72529 | 25-00852 | THERMO SCIENTIFIC PORTABLE · Narcotics Identification Equip | 36,860.67 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/13/2025 | Cash Rcpt/Accrued Rev - Reallocate | 4,599.63 | Receipt | ||
| 06/30/2025 | Cash Rcpt/Accrued Rev - Reallocate | 16,987.38 | Receipt | ||
| 07/28/2025 | 73365 | 25-01056 | ZSCHOOL @ SETON HALL UNIV. · 66 Train. Courses Opioid Fund | 24,750.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 08/04/2025 | 1/1 - 6/30 Opioid Training to Grant | 18,416.40 | Paid · Unverified | ||
| 10/27/2025 | 74099 | 25-03132 | JENNIFER KELLY PHD, LLC · MAPPS Team Training | 12,000.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 12/18/2025 | Cash Rcpt/Accrued Rev - Reallocate | 5,543.48 | Receipt | ||
| 12/18/2025 | Cash Rcpt/Accrued Rev - Reallocate | 33,658.10 | Receipt | ||
| 12/18/2025 | Cash Rcpt/Accrued Rev - Reallocate | 389.60 | Receipt | ||
| 12/29/2025 | 74691 | 25-03693 | TARHEEL CANINE TRAINING, INC. · New K9 (Opiod Funds) | 9,900.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 12/29/2025 | 74712 | 25-03723 | VOORHEES VETERINARY CENTER · Police K9 Vet Care 1 Yr. Creed | 1,500.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/26/2026 | 75886 | 26-01173 | ZSCHOOL @ SETON HALL UNIV. · 58 Train. Courses Opioid Funds | 26,100.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| Total paid | 129,527.07 | ||||
| Conforming abatement spending | 50,850.00 |
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 $50,850.00, 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 Voorhees Township 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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Voorhees Township
Voorhees Township certified a police narcotics analyzer to the State as prevention and training, counted a payroll journal posted after the year closed as FY2025 spending, and moved a police dog and its vet care onto its settlement fund.