South River
- 01FY2026 report never describes 40,352.55 of police gear40,352.55
- 02Paid 33,722.95 for an ALPR-ready surveillance trailer33,722.95
- 03Paid 6,629.60 for a Verkada camera on the police trailer6,629.60
- 04FY2024 and FY2025 reports match the ledger to the cent10,535.00
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
South River has received $87,835.26 in opioid settlement funds and spent $50,887.55 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
- $17,725.78
filed
- Program name
- Arrive Alive Tour
- Recipient
- Borough of South River
- Recipient category
- County or Municipality (including Departments and Municipal Alliances)
- Programs listed
- 2
- Amount expended
- $4,950.00
- Unspent on hand
- $48,135.74
- Received to date
- $53,085.74
filed
- Program name
- Fatal Vision Impairment Education Kit
- Recipient
- Borough of South River
- Recipient category
- County or Municipality (including Departments and Municipal Alliances)
- Amount expended
- $4,855.00
- Unspent on hand
- $63,261.96
- Received to date
- $73,796.96
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $41,082.55
- Unspent on hand
- $36,947.71
- Received to date
- $87,835.26
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, published 10/01/2026, certifies 41,082.55 spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (p1).
It answers No when asked whether the Borough funded any program, so it describes no purchase (p3). It gives the year's goals as prevention of overdose deaths and opioid awareness and education, and names the Police Department among the officials who decided (p2). The books show what the 41,082.55 bought. A 730.00 display order for the prevention program, paid 07/22/2025 by check 73567, which the FY2025 report had listed as encumbered. All Traffic Solutions purchase order 25-03050, MESSAGE BOARD TRAILER-POLICE, 33,722.95, paid by check 75206 on 03/19/2026. Invoice SIN047022 shows an ALPR-ready trailer with a surveillance ready telescoping mast. Eastern Datacomm purchase order 25-03188, 6,629.60, paid by check 75118 on 03/03/2026. Invoice 193452 shows a Verkada two-camera unit and cellular gateway for the police remote trailer. The three make the certified figure to the cent. The trailer and its camera are 40,352.55, or 98.2 percent of it. The report gives overdose prevention as its goal for the money and says no program was funded. It never states that the money bought a police surveillance trailer and camera. Police traffic and surveillance equipment is not among the uses Exhibit E lists, and no overdose program using this equipment is documented. The 12/31/2025 journal moving 16,436.97 back to the grant fund is not spending, and the report leaves it out.
false-characterization · 4 documents · 10/03/2026The Borough paid 33,722.95 from opioid grant account 5-01-99-300-227 to All Traffic Solutions under purchase order 25-03050.
The audit trail and the purchase order call it MESSAGE BOARD TRAILER-POLICE. The vendor's invoice SIN047022 of 11/26/2025 shows what was bought. An ATS-5 380 ALPR-ready trailer bundle with a SpeedAlert 24 display, solar power, data collection and pictures, 25,472.95. A surveillance ready telescoping mast, 7,500.00. Anti-vandal wiring for the ALPR trailer, 750.00. The purchase order ships it to the South River Police Department. The invoice shows the trailer is ready for a license plate reader. It does not show that a reader was installed. The order was first encumbered 10/22/2025. Check 74496 paid it on 12/16/2025. That check was voided on 03/19/2026 and check 75206 paid the same amount the same day, so the trailer was paid once. The police budget paid this vendor 12,692.24 from 2018 to 2025 for a yearly Traffic Suite subscription, a battery and repairs to an existing police sign trailer. The record ties no opioid program to the new trailer. Police traffic and surveillance equipment is not among the uses Exhibit E lists. The trailer is 66 percent of the 50,887.55 paid from the opioid accounts through 08/31/2026. The payment falls in the DHS reporting year running 07/01/2025 to 06/30/2026. The FY2026 report, published 10/01/2026, certifies 41,082.55 spent in that year, a figure that includes the trailer. It answers No when asked whether the Borough funded any program and does not describe the trailer.
non-conforming-spending · 4 documents · 10/03/2026The Borough paid 6,629.60 to Eastern Datacomm LLC under purchase order 25-03188, which the audit trail calls CAMERA and INTERNET MESSAGE BOARD.
The vendor's invoice 193452 of 01/12/2026 bills it as "Police Department - Remote trailer Verkada trailer." It lists a Verkada two-camera multisensor with a 5-year license, a Verkada outdoor cellular gateway with a 5-year license, mounts, a power injector and four hours to set up the camera, the gateway and the Verkada portal. Check 75118 on 03/03/2026 paid 5,243.74 from opioid grant account 5-01-99-300-227 and 1,385.86 from opioid grant account 5-01-41-811-201. The two lines are one purchase order split across two accounts, not a duplicate. The same check paid a Verkada viewing station for police dispatch, 2,008.38, from the police capital account C-06-23-020-102. The Borough's other Eastern Datacomm camera systems were paid from capital ordinances, park lines and a state grant. The record ties no opioid program to the camera. Cameras are not among the uses Exhibit E lists. The payment falls in the DHS reporting year running 07/01/2025 to 06/30/2026. The FY2026 report, published 10/01/2026, certifies 41,082.55 spent in that year, a figure that includes the camera. It answers No when asked whether the Borough funded any program and does not describe the camera.
non-conforming-spending · 4 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2024 report certifies 4,950.00 expended across two programs.
It's Tough to be a Kid Now Days at 2,100.00 is the drug education presentation paid 02/14/2024 by check 70191. Arrive Alive Tour at 2,850.00 is the payment of 06/11/2024 by check 71102. The FY2025 report certifies 4,855.00 expended, the Fatal Vision impairment kit paid 04/08/2025 by check 72909, and 730.00 encumbered, the three line purchase order 25-01475 encumbered 05/21/2025 and paid 07/22/2025. The FY2023 report certifies 0.00 expended and the books show no payment in that window. Every figure ties to the Borough's own audit trail. These 10,535.00 of prevention purchases are the only payments before 07/01/2025.
conforming-spending · 4 documents · 09/23/2026Patterns this jurisdiction appears in: Surveillance technology
The ledger, as printed.
Account 4-01-99-300-227, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/14/2024 | 70191 | 24-00188 | DRUG EDUCATION AWARENESS LLC · PRESENTATION-SRMS | 2,100.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 06/11/2024 | 71102 | 24-00515 | UNITE CORPORATION · ARRIVE ALIVE-DRIVING UNDER INF | 2,850.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 04/08/2025 | 72909 | 25-00597 | INNOCORP LTD · FATAL VISION IMPAIRMENT KIT | 4,855.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 07/22/2025 | 73567 | 25-01475 | ADPRO IMPRINTS INC · TELESCOPE STAND KIT E/CARRY | 405.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 07/22/2025 | 73567 | 25-01475 | ADPRO IMPRINTS INC · CUSTOM DESIGN | 50.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 07/22/2025 | 73567 | 25-01475 | ADPRO IMPRINTS INC · BANNER BACKDROP | 275.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 12/31/2025 | TRANSFER UNEXPENDED BALANCE TO GRANT FD Reference 29673 | 16,436.97 | Journal · Transfer | ||
| 03/03/2026 | 75118 | 25-03188 | EASTERN DATACOMM LLC · CAMERA &INTERNET MESSAGE BOARD | 5,243.74 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 03/03/2026 | 75118 | 25-03188 | EASTERN DATACOMM LLC · CAMERA &INTERNET MESSAGE BOARD | 1,385.86 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 03/19/2026 | 75206 | 25-03050 | ALL TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS · MESSAGE BOARD TRAILER-POLICE | 33,722.95 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| Total paid | 50,887.55 | ||||
| Conforming abatement spending | 10,535.00 |
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 $33,722.95, 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 South River tell the State it spent the money on?
It certified 3 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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South River spent its first 10,535.00 of opioid settlement money on school prevention programs and reported it to the State to the cent. It then spent 40,352.55 on an ALPR-ready police surveillance trailer and a Verkada camera for it.