Washington Township
- 01Spent it on Flock license plate readers94,500.00
- 02Spent it on two police Tahoes and their upfit173,424.50
- 03Certified a drug education program that does not existCertified against books conflict170,446.70
- 04Certified total equals the Tahoes and 15 cameras exactly170,446.70
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Washington Township has received $479,902.80 in opioid settlement funds and spent $267,924.50 of it. Its reports to the State certify $170,446.70 with no payee in the books.
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
- Not stated
- Received to date
- $103,872.38
filed
- Program name
- Drug Education
- Recipient
- Washington Township Police Department
- Recipient category
- First Responders, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Services
- Amount expended
- $134,321.38
- Unspent on hand
- $0.00
- Received to date
- $394,795.36
filed
- Program name
- Drug Education
- Amount expended
- $36,125.32
- Unspent on hand
- $0.00
- Received to date
- $479,902.80
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 Township paid Flock Group Inc 94,500.00 from the dedicated opioid account across five checks between 03/12/2025 and 04/22/2026 for license plate reader cameras, extended data retention and annual renewals.
A sixth purchase order for 7,000.00 was open and unpaid at 08/19/2026. License plate reader surveillance is not an approved use in Exhibit E Schedule B.
non-conforming-spending · 11 documents · 09/13/2026The Township paid 117,946.70 on check 77776 for two 2024 Chevrolet Tahoes and 55,477.80 on check 79650 for the upfit of those two vehicles, both from the dedicated opioid account.
The two payments total 173,424.50. Police vehicles and vehicle upfit are not an approved use in Exhibit E Schedule B.
non-conforming-spending · 6 documents · 09/13/2026The FY2024 and FY2025 reports certify a program named Drug Education at 134,321.38 and 36,125.32.
No payment to any drug education provider appears in the account in any year. The certified program does not exist in the books. The reports are false.
phantom-program · 3 documents · 09/23/2026134,321.38 plus 36,125.32 equals 170,446.70.
That is 117,946.70 on check 77776 for two Chevrolet Tahoes plus 17,500.00 on check 78643 and 35,000.00 on check 78887 for fifteen license plate readers, to the cent. The two certified figures are the cost of the police purchases.
false-certification · 5 documents · 09/23/2026The FY2025 report certifies zero opioid abatement funds unspent on hand at 06/30/2025.
The account ledger prints a running balance of 90,027.28 after the 04/28/2025 payment, and its next entry is 08/13/2025, so the account held 90,027.28 at 06/30/2025. The report's own cumulative figures, 479,902.80 received against 170,446.70 expended, also rule out a zero balance. The certified unspent figure is false.
unspent-misstated · 2 documents · 09/13/2026The vendor payment history shows the Township paid Flock Group Inc 34,050.00 from three non-opioid sources before it charged the opioid account.
7,300.00 from the state forfeited funds trust T-24-56-850-000-851 on 06/28/2023, 20,750.00 from two capital ordinances on 09/25/2024, and 6,000.00 from the police operating line 4-01-25-240-000-049, POLICE Maint Contracts, on 10/09/2024, the same day the dedicated opioid account was created. From 01/16/2025 forward every Flock purchase order went to the opioid account. Flock invoice INV-77967, paid from the opioid account on check 80704, cites purchase order 24-03396, the September 2024 purchase paid from the two capital ordinances. The Township's own emails record each funding choice. On 06/07/2023 the Chief of Police wrote that the County Prosecutor had approved the use of forfeiture funds for the first readers. On 06/04/2024 he asked Flock for a three-year cost breakdown so he could apply it to the capital budget, and on 08/29/2024 he asked for a three-year term for the budgeting plan. On 09/06/2024 he sent Flock invoice INV-47028 for 20,750.00 to his secretary under the subject line Capital. On 11/18/2024 he wrote that the department was purchasing 5 more readers from the opioid fund. Matching INV-47028 to the capital payment is an inference. Reading the sequence as supplantation is an inference. The change in funding source is documentary.
funding-source-substitution · 11 documents · 09/23/2026The Office of the State Comptroller sent the Township two information requests about its annual opioid abatement reports, and the FY2024 resubmission and the FY2025 filing each followed one.
On 02/11/2025 the Comptroller's office emailed the Mayor a request titled Failure to Submit Required Opioid Abatement Report, with a response due 02/18/2025. The FY2024 report was resubmitted on 02/14/2025, certifying 134,321.38 expended. The portal confirmation went to the CFO, and she wrote to the Comptroller's office 19 minutes later. DHS confirmed receipt and completion to the CFO and the Comptroller's office on 02/19/2025. On 09/17/2025 the Comptroller's office emailed the Business Administrator a request about the overdue FY2025 report, with a response due 09/26/2025. On 09/22/2025 the Business Administrator asked the CFO whether they could do it that day. DHS set the same 09/26/2025 deadline that morning and copied the Comptroller's office. The FY2025 report was submitted at 3:04 PM, and the Business Administrator told the Comptroller's office at 4:04 PM that it was submitted.
state-oversight-notice · 9 documents · 09/23/2026The Chief of Police supplied input for the Township's FY2025 opioid settlement report.
On 07/15/2025 he sent the Business Administrator a file named Opioid Report.doc with the information the Business Administrator had requested and offered to assist on any sections of the annual funding report. On 07/21/2025 the Business Administrator forwarded the email to the CFO and asked when she wanted to sit down and complete it. On 07/23/2025 he told the Chief that the posted county report already had the information the Township filled out the prior year. On 09/11/2025, after the report was past due, the Chief emailed the CFO Opioid Report.doc again. The report was submitted on 09/22/2025 and certified 36,125.32 as an update on the Drug Education program, whose recipient the FY2024 report names as the Washington Township Police Department. The Township answered a records request for the report workpapers with no responsive documents, and Opioid Report.doc has not been produced.
report-input-from-police · 6 documents · 09/15/2026On 01/08/2026 the administrative secretary to the Chief of Police asked the CFO which budget line to use to pay an invoice.
Eleven minutes later the CFO answered from the opioid grant, account G-02-41-706-000-730. Purchase order 26-00123 was first encumbered on that account the same day. It paid Flock invoice INV-77967 for 17,500.00 on check 80704 on 01/21/2026. That invoice cites purchase order 24-03396, the September 2024 license plate reader purchase paid from two capital ordinances. The invoice image attached to the secretary's question was not produced, so identifying it as INV-77967 is an inference.
account-designation · 3 documents · 09/23/2026On 05/19/2026 the Township answered a records request for its correspondence with the Attorney General, the State Comptroller and the Division of Law with none identified.
Its own email production of 09/14/2026 holds State Comptroller information requests dated 02/11/2025 and 09/17/2025, the CFO's 02/14/2025 email to the Comptroller's office, the Business Administrator's 09/22/2025 reply, emails from a Deputy Attorney General dated 09/02/2025 and 09/11/2025, and Attorney General notices dated 09/26/2024 and 10/08/2024. The Township also answered a request for its DHS report workpapers with no responsive documents, while its emails transmit Opioid Report.doc as input for the annual funding report. Whether each record falls within the wording of each request is an inference.
records-response-contradicted · 7 documents · 09/15/2026The FY2024 report, resubmitted on 02/14/2025, certifies 394,795.36 received and 134,321.38 expended on Drug Education.
394,795.36 less 134,321.38 is 260,473.98. That equals the two insertions the account held by that date, 237,378.48 posted under R262-2024 and 23,095.50 under R285-2024, to the cent. No payment of 134,321.38 appears in the account, and no payment of any amount falls in the FY2024 window. The equality is arithmetic. Reading the certified figure as a balancing entry rather than a payment is an inference.
false-certification · 4 documents · 09/23/2026Patterns this jurisdiction appears in: Funding-source substitution · Police vehicles and gear · Phantom programs · Surveillance technology · Zero certification
The ledger, as printed.
Account G-02-41-706-000-730, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/26/2024 | 77776 | 24-04295 | GENTILINI MOTORS LLC · (2) 2024 Chevrolet Tahoes | 117,946.70 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 03/12/2025 | 78643 | 25-00204 | FLOCK GROUP INC · Additional 5 license plate readers | 17,500.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 04/28/2025 | 78887 | 25-01370 | FLOCK GROUP INC · Additional 10 license plate readers | 35,000.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/13/2025 | 79650 | 24-04618 | EMERGENCY ACCESSORIES & INSTALL · Upfit for (2) Chevrolet Tahoes | 55,477.80 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 01/21/2026 | 80704 | 26-00123 | FLOCK GROUP INC · 5 LPR and retention renewal | 17,500.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 02/11/2026 | 80849 | 26-00292 | FLOCK GROUP INC · Extended data / (2) LPR | 7,000.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 04/22/2026 | 81259 | 26-01067 | FLOCK GROUP INC · 5 LPR AND RETENTION RENEWAL | 17,500.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/13/2026 | open | 26-02732 | FLOCK GROUP INC · EXTENDED DATA/(2)LPR (NJ-3YRS) | 7,000.00 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| Total paid | 267,924.50 | ||||
| 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 $117,946.70, 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 Washington 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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Washington Township
Washington Township spent 267,924.50 of opioid settlement money on two police Tahoes, their upfit and Flock license plate readers. It then reported 170,446.70 to the State as a school drug education program. That figure equals the Tahoes and the first fifteen readers to the cent. No such program appears in the Township's records.