West Deptford Township
- 01Every committed dollar is surveillance cameras and poles122,899.95
- 02Journaled a paid police bowling outing onto the account5,362.50
- 03Certified 40,819.75 to the schools, no school was paid40,819.75
- 04Told the State it went to the schools, which got nothingCertified against books conflict65,600.49
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
West Deptford Township has received $292,124.14 in opioid settlement funds and spent $146,859.68 of it. Its reports to the State certify $65,600.49 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
- Program name
- Narcan
- Recipient
- n/a
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Received to date
- $58,952.70
filed
- Program name
- Anti-Opioid marketing at our schools
- Recipient
- West Deptford Schools
- Recipient category
- Schools, Colleges, Universities
- Amount expended
- $27,763.31
- Unspent on hand
- $173,221.74
- Received to date
- $210,801.30
filed
- Program name
- Anti-Opioid marketing at our schools
- Recipient
- West Deptford Schools
- Recipient category
- Schools, Colleges, Universities
- Amount expended
- $37,837.18
- Unspent on hand
- $161,474.71
- Received to date
- $245,435.31
filed
- Program name
- Anti-Opioid marketing at our schools
- Recipient
- West Deptford Schools
- Recipient category
- Schools, Colleges, Universities
- Amount expended
- $40,819.75
- Unspent on hand
- $61,126.99
- Received to date
- $292,124.14
8 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.
On 04/16/2026 the Township opened one purchase order to a power and camera vendor for outdoor pan tilt zoom cameras.
Line 1 was 103,609.83 on the 2024 National Opioid Settlement account. Line 2 was 2,977.92 on the 2025 National Opioid Grant account. On 08/03/2026 it reduced line 1 by 9,087.88 and added 1,200.08 of shipping to line 2, leaving 94,521.95 and 4,178.00 open. The 9,087.88 released that day was followed on 08/19/2026 by 5,031.00 of fast food catering and 420.08 of groceries paid from the same account. On 07/13/2026 the Township opened a further 24,200.00 to a fence contractor for poles for security cameras. Those three open figures sum to 122,899.95, which is the entire Encumber YTD balance printed for these accounts at 08/19/2026. The camera package is every dollar this Township had committed on opioid money at that date. None of it has been paid. The FY2026 report certifies 106,587.75 encumbered at 06/30/2026 (page 2). That is the two camera lines as they stood that day, 103,609.83 and 2,977.92, to the cent. The report's one program block does not mention cameras. No purchase order packet, resolution, contract or quote states what the cameras are for, and no overdose or prevention program that uses them is documented. Fixed surveillance cameras and the poles that carry them are not among the uses Exhibit E lists.
non-conforming-spending · 3 documents · 10/03/2026On 05/20/2026 the Township paid the annual LEAD bowling outings from the police community outreach line, 4,125.00 and 1,237.50 on one check.
On 07/13/2026 it journaled both lines onto the 2025 National Opioid Grant account. The two figures sum to 5,362.50. The journal moves a pre existing police budget expense onto restricted opioid money after the bill was already paid.
funding-source-substitution · 1 document · 09/11/2026The FY2026 report certifies one program, Anti-Opioid marketing at our schools, with West Deptford Schools as its only recipient and 40,819.75 spent (pages 4 and 5).
Its stated purpose is to "Promote Anti-Drug at our K-12 Schools". Its administrative answer says most spending was for anti drug campaigns in the Township's six schools (page 2). The dedicated accounts paid twenty lines between 07/15/2025 and 06/17/2026. They total 40,819.75, the certified figure to the cent. None was paid to a school. National Night Out took 23,673.78. That is catering and amusements of 5,230.00 and 4,380.00 on check 1872, fast food catering of 4,909.90 and 2,452.50 on checks 1876 and 1877, and 6,701.38 of giveaway items on check 1880. Junior Police Academy shirts, a plaque, a Maui Ice order and traffic cones took 3,508.00. Safety Town polos, supplies and ride on toys took 2,875.62. Punt Pass and Kick apparel took 2,666.00 and mini footballs 1,415.30. The rest is LEAD T-shirts at 2,677.10, a Project Graduation booking at 3,633.00 on check 1920 and wristbands at 370.95. The report names a school recipient the books never paid, for a marketing program the books do not show.
false-characterization · 3 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2024 and FY2025 reports each certify one program and one recipient.
The program is anti opioid marketing at the schools. The recipient is the school district. The certified figures are 27,763.31 and 37,837.18, which sum to 65,600.49. The dedicated opioid accounts show no payment to the school district or to any school entity in any year. The dollars that left those accounts went to a promotional products vendor, an apparel vendor, a bowling alley, a catering and amusements company, a fast food chain, a traffic safety program and two student prevention education providers. The certified program does not exist in the books. The reports are false.
phantom-program · 4 documents · 09/20/2026The FY2024 report certifies 27,763.31 expended.
Payments from the dedicated opioid accounts in the same state fiscal year window, 07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024, total 13,488.00 on the checks as first issued. The Township certified 14,275.31 more spent than the books show paid in the period. The certified figure is every payment from the first on 05/16/2024 through the 07/22/2024 check run, thirteen lines, to the cent. The 07/22/2024 run alone is 14,275.31, the whole gap. It was paid in the next fiscal year. The certified figure counts check 1799 as first issued, before its void on 09/12/2024, so the report was struck on the first issue basis.
certified-above-actual · 2 documents · 09/22/2026The FY2024 report certifies 9,816.25 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent at 06/30/2024.
That figure is the three National Night Out orders the Township paid on 08/21/2024. Two catering and amusements orders, 1,900.00 and 4,237.50, were encumbered 06/04/2024 and were open at the close. The third, a fast food catering order for 3,678.75, was first encumbered 08/07/2024, five weeks after the period closed. It did not exist at 06/30/2024. The same report certifies the money as anti opioid marketing at the schools. The expended and encumbered answers together match the books as they stood between 08/07/2024 and 08/20/2024, not at the close of the year the report covers.
fake-encumbrance · 3 documents · 09/23/2026The FY2025 report certifies 37,837.18 expended.
Payments from the dedicated opioid accounts in the same state fiscal year window, 07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025, total 70,101.65. The books show 32,264.47 more spent than the Township certified. Book payments through 06/30/2025 total 83,589.65, which is the figure that makes the Township's own reported unspent balance of 161,474.71 tie to the cent.
certified-below-actual · 2 documents · 09/20/2026Vendor payment histories covering 01/01/2018 to 08/19/2026 show the Township bought drug prevention giveaway merchandise, LEAD apparel, LEAD bowling parties, Junior Police Academy uniforms, Safety Town apparel and National Night Out catering and amusements from the same vendors on Municipal Alliance grant accounts and police budget lines from 2018 through 2023.
The same purchases for the same recurring events moved onto the dedicated opioid accounts from May 2024 forward and grew each year. 127,190.87 of the 146,859.68 paid from those accounts through 08/19/2026 sits in that category. The Township kept paying the same vendors from ordinary accounts in parallel, including 10,090.36 to the promotional products vendor from the police community outreach line on 12/17/2024, between two opioid funded orders. The ordinary funding capacity still exists. Reading that sequence as supplantation is an inference. The change in funding source is documentary.
funding-source-substitution · 2 documents · 09/20/2026Patterns this jurisdiction appears in: Funding-source substitution · Fake encumbrances · Phantom programs · Surveillance technology
The ledger, as printed.
Account G-02-41-0804-2022-00000, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/16/2024 | 1788 | 24-01540 | Cross Brothers Apparel · T-Shirts Lead National Park | 936.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/16/2024 | 1788 | 24-01541 | Cross Brothers Apparel · T-Shirts Lead West Deptford | 2,712.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/16/2024 | 1790 | 24-01005 | Minding Your Mind · May 24 Event WD High School | 800.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 05/16/2024 | 1793 | 24-01542 | Brooklawn Bowl Inc · End of Lead 2024 Celebration | 4,640.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/18/2024 | 1796 | 24-01741 | 3 Monkeys · Driving While Impaired Simulator | 500.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 06/18/2024 | 1799 | 24-01549 | MpoweredParent LLC · Vaping Students Speaking Event | 1,700.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 06/18/2024 | 1799 | 24-01548 | MpoweredParent LLC · Vaping Students Speaking Event | 2,200.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 07/22/2024 | 1804 | 24-02304 | Positive Promotions, Inc. · Promotional Items | 5,599.29 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/22/2024 | 1804 | 24-00733 | Positive Promotions, Inc. · Misc Giveaways | 2,961.40 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/22/2024 | 1804 | 24-02304 | Positive Promotions, Inc. · Promotional Items | 2,898.52 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/22/2024 | 1805 | 24-02212 | Rolferry's · Junior Police Academy | 370.50 | Paid · Unverified |
| 07/22/2024 | 1805 | 24-02212 | Rolferry's · Junior Police Academy | 800.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 07/22/2024 | 1805 | 24-02212 | Rolferry's · Junior Police Academy | 1,645.60 | Paid · Unverified |
| 08/21/2024 | 1807 | 24-02712 | Chick-fil-A · National Night Out | 3,678.75 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/21/2024 | 1810 | 24-02006 | J-Dogs Catering & Amusements · National Night Out National Park | 4,237.50 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/21/2024 | 1810 | 24-01999 | J-Dogs Catering & Amusements · National Night Out West Deptford | 1,900.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 09/03/2024 | 1812 | 24-02971 | Chick-fil-A · National Night Out | 3,678.75 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 09/18/2024 | 1814 | 24-01741 | 3 Monkeys · Driving While Impaired Simulator | 272.61 | Paid · Unverified |
| 10/16/2024 | 1822 | 24-02304 | Positive Promotions, Inc. · Promotional Items | 100.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 11/19/2024 | 1827 | 24-03868 | Cross Brothers Apparel · Performance Hoodies | 2,258.31 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 11/19/2024 | 1827 | 24-03868 | Cross Brothers Apparel · Performance Hoodies | 1,261.69 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 12/17/2024 | 1832 | 24-03991 | Kiehnolz, Brian · Reimbursement for Punt, Pass | 972.50 | Paid · Unverified |
| 02/19/2025 | 1836 | 25-00268 | Positive Promotions, Inc. · Order #63067150 | 18,845.63 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/15/2025 | 1849 | 25-01467 | 3 Monkeys · Distracted Driving Simulator | 333.31 | Paid · Unverified |
| 05/15/2025 | 1849 | 25-01467 | 3 Monkeys · Distracted Driving Simulator | 1,289.80 | Paid · Unverified |
| 05/15/2025 | 1849 | 25-01467 | 3 Monkeys · Distracted Driving Simulator | 419.89 | Paid · Unverified |
| 05/15/2025 | 1851 | 25-01656 | Cross Brothers Apparel · Lead T-Shirts National Park | 900.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/15/2025 | 1851 | 25-01657 | Cross Brothers Apparel · Lead T-Shirts West Deptford | 3,312.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/15/2025 | 1852 | 25-01655 | MpoweredParent LLC · Safe Celebrations | 1,700.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 05/15/2025 | 1854 | 25-01658 | Brooklawn Bowl Inc · 2 Hours of Bowling | 1,953.38 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/15/2025 | 1854 | 25-01658 | Brooklawn Bowl Inc · 2 Hours of Bowling | 371.53 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/15/2025 | 1854 | 25-01658 | Brooklawn Bowl Inc · 2 Hours of Bowling | 2,955.09 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/15/2025 | 1856 | 25-01659 | Chick-fil-A · Lead 5/29/2025 National Park | 2,300.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/15/2025 | 1857 | 25-01660 | Chick-fil-A · Lead 5/16/2025 West Deptford | 2,643.20 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/16/2025 | 1861 | 25-02041 | Atlas Flasher & Supply Co. Inc · 100 Reflective Cones | 100.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 06/18/2025 | 1866 | 25-02289 | Chick-fil-A · High School Senior Event | 342.40 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/15/2025 | 1867 | 25-02479 | Atlas Flasher & Supply Co. Inc · Traffic Cones Junior Academy | 100.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 07/15/2025 | 1869 | 25-02504 | Cross Brothers Apparel · Safety Town Polos | 14.28 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/15/2025 | 1869 | 25-02504 | Cross Brothers Apparel · Safety Town Polos | 356.52 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/15/2025 | 1872 | 25-02503 | J-Dogs Catering & Amusements · National Night Out National Park | 4,380.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/15/2025 | 1872 | 25-02502 | J-Dogs Catering & Amusements · National Night Out West Deptford | 5,230.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/15/2025 | 1873 | 25-02505 | Maui Ice · Jr Police Academy | 300.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 07/15/2025 | 1874 | 25-01535 | Positive Promotions, Inc. · Wristbands for Seniors | 370.95 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/30/2025 | 1876 | 25-02760 | Chick-fil-A · National Night Out ORD 9390837 | 4,909.90 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/30/2025 | 1877 | 25-02761 | Chick-fil-A · National Night Out ORD 9390964 | 2,452.50 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/20/2025 | 1878 | 25-02525 | Amazon.com Services Inc. · Big Wheels for Safety Town | 1,499.90 | Paid · Unverified |
| 08/20/2025 | 1878 | 25-02496 | Amazon.com Services Inc. · Shipping | 47.42 | Paid · Unverified |
| 08/20/2025 | 1878 | 25-02496 | Amazon.com Services Inc. · Safety Town Supplies | 957.50 | Paid · Unverified |
| 08/20/2025 | 1880 | 25-02581 | Positive Promotions, Inc. · National Night Out Items | 6,701.38 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 09/17/2025 | 1884 | 25-03028 | Positive Promotions, Inc. · Mini Football | 1,415.30 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 09/22/2025 | 1888 | 25-03320 | Ferry Engraving Awards & Gifts · 9x12 Genuine Alder Plaque | 80.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 09/22/2025 | 1888 | 25-03320 | Ferry Engraving Awards & Gifts · Jr Police Academy Shirts | 3,028.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 11/17/2025 | 1896 | 25-04030 | Cross Brothers Apparel · Punt Pass and Kick | 2,666.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 04/16/2026 | open | 26-01296 | Gridless Power Corporation · Outdoor PTZ Cameras | 2,977.92 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 04/16/2026 | open | 26-01296 | Gridless Power Corporation · Outdoor PTZ Cameras | 103,609.83 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 05/20/2026 | 1914 | 26-01297 | Cross Brothers Apparel · Lead T-Shirts | 2,012.80 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/20/2026 | 1914 | 26-01297 | Cross Brothers Apparel · Lead T-Shirts | 664.30 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/17/2026 | 1920 | 26-01853 | J-Dogs Catering & Amusements · Project Graduation | 3,633.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/13/2026 | Brooklawn Bowl Inc · Correct PO 26-00743 ck 16196 (Ref 3183) | 5,362.50 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 07/13/2026 | open | 26-02331 | Green Family Industry Fence · Poles for Security Cameras | 24,200.00 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 08/03/2026 | open | 26-01296 | Gridless Power Corporation · Shipping | 1,200.08 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 08/03/2026 | open | 26-01296 | Gridless Power Corporation · Outdoor PTZ Cameras | -9,087.88 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 08/19/2026 | 1929 | 26-02668 | Chick-fil-A · National Night Out ORD 9390837 | 5,031.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/19/2026 | 1931 | 26-02344 | J-Dogs Catering & Amusements · National Night Out Natl. Park | 5,500.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/19/2026 | 1931 | 26-02339 | J-Dogs Catering & Amusements · National Night Out West Dept | 6,005.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/19/2026 | 1936 | 26-02618 | Zallie Supermarkets Inc · Water National Night Out | 131.70 | Paid · Unverified |
| 08/19/2026 | 1937 | 26-02678 | Zallie Supermarkets Inc · Pre Prom | 286.31 | Paid · Unverified |
| 08/19/2026 | 1937 | 26-02678 | Zallie Supermarkets Inc · Pre Prom | 133.77 | Paid · Unverified |
| Total paid | 146,859.68 | ||||
| Conforming abatement spending | 6,400.00 |
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 $38,892.47, 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 West Deptford Township tell the State it spent the money on?
It certified 4 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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West Deptford Township
West Deptford Township certified 106,420.24 of opioid settlement spending to the State as anti-opioid marketing at its schools, paid no school, spent the money on police community events, and has committed every open dollar to security cameras and poles.