Toms River Township
- 01Every certified dollar went to the police department28,653.34
- 02Certified 11,826.79 of giveaway merchandise as education11,826.79
- 03Certified a legal subscription and defib pads as training15,499.30
- 04Filed defibrillator electrodes under harm reduction1,900.00
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Toms River Township has received $1,230,561.66 in opioid settlement funds and spent $43,421.36 of it. Its largest single year difference between the report and the books is $10,499.30.
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
- $236,344.89
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $707,813.72
- Received to date
- $707,813.72
filed
- Program name
- 2025 National DEA Takeback Program
- Recipient
- Toms River Police Department, Officers Ron Sermarini & Michael Foy, Paid to staff the takeback
- Recipient category
- First Responders, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Services
- Programs listed
- 3
- Amount expended
- $18,154.04
- Unspent on hand
- $955,311.32
- Received to date
- $983,964.66
filed
- Program name
- 2025 National DEA Takeback Program
- Programs listed
- 5
- Amount expended
- $14,768.02
- Unspent on hand
- $1,183,421.55
- Received to date
- $1,230,561.66
6 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 three programs, and all three name the Toms River Police Department as the recipient.
Question 6 certifies 18,154.04 expended for 07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025. The Township's Budget Transaction Audit Trail for the National Opioid Settlement Funds account shows three payments in that window. 5,000.00 to Bloodgood Law Enforcement Training for an agency legal updates subscription. 1,327.25 of Township payroll. 11,826.79 to Calico Promotional Products for giveaway merchandise. They sum to 18,154.04 to the cent. Question 7 certifies 10,499.30 encumbered, which is the Bound Tree Medical order for LIFEPAK defibrillator pads, electrodes and batteries, encumbered 06/16/2025. Together the certified spending is 28,653.34. None of it is naloxone, treatment, recovery support or peer support. The FY2023 and FY2024 reports certify nothing expended, and the audit trail, which covers 01/01/2022 onward, has no posting before 05/14/2025.
reconciliation · 2 documents · 09/23/2026The FY2025 report certifies a program named Toms River Police Department's Educational Campaign, category Primary Prevention, Education, and Training, funded 02/28/2025 at 11,826.79 and expended at 11,826.79.
It describes educational handouts for youth at schools and community events. The audit trail shows one purchase order to Calico Promotional Products, PO 25-01198, encumbered 02/28/2025 and paid 05/28/2025. Its eighteen lines sum to 11,826.79 to the cent. They are custom bookmarks, police badge stickers, silicone wristbands, pencils, pens, enamel pins, 20 ounce plastic water bottles, two kinds of lip balm, ruler tags, stress footballs, sunglasses, a draped table cover, a 10 by 10 pop up tent, 2,862.00 of t-shirts, police car stress reliever keychains, 625.00 of design set up fees and 1,015.00 of shipping. The certified education program is this order of promotional merchandise. No educational material appears on it, and no evidence based prevention program using the merchandise is documented. Giveaway merchandise is not among the uses Exhibit E lists.
false-characterization · 2 documents · 09/23/2026The FY2025 report certifies a police training program whose figures are a legal subscription and defibrillator supplies.
It names the program Operational Readiness for Police Officers, category Primary Prevention, Education, and Training, funded 06/24/2025 at 15,499.30, with 5,000.00 expended and 10,499.30 encumbered. It describes a course on opioid use disorder for officers and says the officers were registered through ZSchool at Seton Hall University. The two certified figures are two other purchases. The 5,000.00 is PO 25-02370 to Bloodgood Law Enforcement Training, described as an agency legal updates subscription, encumbered 05/02/2025 and paid 05/28/2025, before the certified funding date. The 10,499.30 is PO 25-03157 to Bound Tree Medical, LIFEPAK 1000 defibrillator pads at 999.50, electrodes at 1,999.80 and replacement batteries at 7,500.00, encumbered 06/16/2025 and paid 07/30/2025. The two sum to 15,499.30 to the cent. The ZSchool course, PO 25-04532 for 4,500.00, was encumbered 09/05/2025 and paid 09/24/2025. It is in neither certified figure. No opioid training or overdose program using the subscription or the defibrillator supplies is documented. Neither is among the uses Exhibit E lists.
false-characterization · 2 documents · 09/25/2026The FY2026 report certifies a new program, Toms River Police EMS, under primary category Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention, with the Schedule B strategies Prevent Overdose Deaths and Other Harms and First Responders (p6 to p8).
It names the Toms River Police Department and EMS as the recipient and describes the purpose as EMS response and resources and equipment for EMS response. It certifies 1,900.00 funded and spent and counts 0 people served (p7). The account's only matching payment is 1,900.00 to V.E. Ralph and Sons on 04/08/2026 on PO 26-00855, Quick Combo Electrodes Redipak. These are defibrillator electrodes. The report describes the item in general terms but files it as overdose harm reduction. Defibrillator electrodes treat cardiac arrest. No listed use covers them, and no overdose program using this equipment is documented.
program-misclassification · 2 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2025 report certifies a program named 2025 National DEA Takeback Program, category Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention, funded and expended at 1,327.35.
It names the recipient as the Toms River Police Department and two officers paid to staff the take back, and says the money was paid directly to the officers who staffed the Takeback Day on May 25, 2025. The audit trail carries one matching posting, Township payroll of 1,327.25 on 05/14/2025 for the 05/15/2025 pay date, PO 25-02591. That posting is dated eleven days before the take back day the report gives. The report contradicts itself. The program row says 1,327.35, but its Question 6 total of 18,154.04 holds only if this program is 1,327.25, which is the ledger figure. The payroll registers behind the posting are not in the record.
self-contradiction · 2 documents · 09/23/2026Between 07/01/2025 and the 06/16/2026 print the account paid 25,267.32.
The FY2026 report, published 10/01/2026, certifies 14,768.02 spent (p1, Q6). Its program figures for the year match five of those payments to the cent. 4,500.00 to ZSchool LLC on 09/24/2025 for a certificate program. 1,362.50 of Township payroll on 11/11/2025 and 2,005.52 on 05/12/2026, which the report certifies to the drug take back. 1,900.00 to V.E. Ralph and Sons on 04/08/2026 for defibrillator electrodes. 5,000.00 to Blue 360 Media LLC on 05/13/2026 for its academy tier 2. The sixth payment is in no figure. Bound Tree Medical was paid 10,499.30 on 07/30/2025 on PO 25-03157 for LIFEPAK defibrillator pads, electrodes and batteries. The FY2025 report certified that order as encumbered, and the FY2026 report does not count it as spent, so no report certifies it as spent in any year. The FY2026 report gives 07/30/2025, the Bound Tree payment date, as the funding date of its Police EMS program. The 3,718.75 the report certifies as encumbered (p2, Q7) equals the open Black Dog Apparel order for police polos and cadet hats, PO 26-02012.
unreported-spending · 3 documents · 10/03/2026The ledger, as printed.
Account [REDACTED BY CUSTODIAN], as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/14/2025 | [REDACTED] | 25-02591 | TOWNS130 Township of Toms River Payroll · PR 05/15/2025 | 1,327.25 | Paid · Unverified |
| 05/28/2025 | [REDACTED] | 25-01198 | CALICO025 CALICO PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS · WORKHORSE #2 PENCIL | 240.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/28/2025 | [REDACTED] | 25-01198 | CALICO025 CALICO PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS · PASADENA WX PEN | 470.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/28/2025 | [REDACTED] | 25-01198 | CALICO025 CALICO PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS · PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES 20OZ | 640.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/28/2025 | [REDACTED] | 25-01198 | CALICO025 CALICO PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS · FDA REEF SAFE LIP BALM SPF15 | 650.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/28/2025 | [REDACTED] | 25-01198 | CALICO025 CALICO PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS · ROUND MATTE VANILLA LIP BALM | 525.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/28/2025 | [REDACTED] | 25-01198 | CALICO025 CALICO PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS · 12" RULER TAG | 555.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/28/2025 | [REDACTED] | 25-01198 | CALICO025 CALICO PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS · 10'X10' CUSTOM PRINTED POP UP | 326.33 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/28/2025 | [REDACTED] | 25-02370 | BLOOD010 BLOODGOOD LAW ENFORCEMENT TRNG · AGENCY LEGAL UPDATES SUBSCIRP | 5,000.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/28/2025 | [REDACTED] | 25-01198 | CALICO025 CALICO PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS · BOOKMARK CUSTOM 2"X7" 14 POINT | 161.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/28/2025 | [REDACTED] | 25-01198 | CALICO025 CALICO PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS · BADGE STICKER ON ROLL/POLICE | 336.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/28/2025 | [REDACTED] | 25-01198 | CALICO025 CALICO PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS · 1" CUSTOM HARD ENAMEL PIN | 545.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/28/2025 | [REDACTED] | 25-01198 | CALICO025 CALICO PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS · STRESS FOOTBALLS | 540.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/28/2025 | [REDACTED] | 25-01198 | CALICO025 CALICO PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS · SUNGLASSES SINGLE COLOR MATTE | 900.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/28/2025 | [REDACTED] | 25-01198 | CALICO025 CALICO PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS · 8' PREMIUM DRAPED TABLE COVER | 221.46 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/28/2025 | [REDACTED] | 25-01198 | CALICO025 CALICO PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS · T-SHIRTS | 2,862.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/28/2025 | [REDACTED] | 25-01198 | CALICO025 CALICO PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS · POLICE CAR STRESS RELIEVER KEY | 995.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/28/2025 | [REDACTED] | 25-01198 | CALICO025 CALICO PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS · DESIGN SET UP FEES | 625.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/28/2025 | [REDACTED] | 25-01198 | CALICO025 CALICO PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS · DEBOSSED SILICONE WRISTBANDS | 220.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/28/2025 | [REDACTED] | 25-01198 | CALICO025 CALICO PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS · SHIPPING | 1,015.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/30/2025 | [REDACTED] | 25-03157 | BOUND010 BOUND TREE MEDICAL, LLC. · DEFIB PADS-LIFEPAK 1000 ADULT | 999.50 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/30/2025 | [REDACTED] | 25-03157 | BOUND010 BOUND TREE MEDICAL, LLC. · LIFEPAK REPLACEMENT BATTERIES | 7,500.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/30/2025 | [REDACTED] | 25-03157 | BOUND010 BOUND TREE MEDICAL, LLC. · DEFIB ELECTRODES FOR LP1000 | 1,999.80 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 09/17/2025 | Reference 89297 · MvedEstimInt1.1-8.31.25ToOpioid SttlmtAc | 26,629.33 | Receipt | ||
| 09/24/2025 | [REDACTED] | 25-04532 | ZSCHO005 Zschool,LLC · CERTIFICATE PROGRAM: | 4,500.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 09/30/2025 | Reference 89643 · 9.2025 Interest Opiod Settlmt Ac | 1,962.29 | Receipt | ||
| 10/31/2025 | Reference 90183 · 10.2025 Interest Opioid Settlemt FundsAc | 3,826.06 | Receipt | ||
| 11/11/2025 | [REDACTED] | 25-05813 | TOWNS130 Township of Toms River Payroll · PAYROLL 11/13/2025 | 1,362.50 | Paid · Unverified |
| 11/30/2025 | Reference 90372 · 11.2025 Interest Opioid Settlemt FundAc | 3,492.01 | Receipt | ||
| 12/31/2025 | Reference 90853 · 12.2025 Interest Opioid Settlemnt FundAc | 3,595.90 | Receipt | ||
| 01/31/2026 | Reference 91367 · 1.2026 Interest Opioid Ac 2247 | 3,400.83 | Receipt | ||
| 02/28/2026 | Reference 91368 · 2.2026 Int Opioid Settlmt fds Ac2247 | 3,045.23 | Receipt | ||
| 03/31/2026 | Reference 91843 · 3.2026 Int Opioid Settlemt fds Ac2247 | 3,380.43 | Receipt | ||
| 04/08/2026 | [REDACTED] | 26-00855 | VERAL010 V.E. RALPH & SONS, INC. · Quick Combo Electrodes Redipak | 1,900.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 04/23/2026 | open | 26-02012 | BLACK100 BLACK DOG APPAREL COMPANY · SHORT SLEEVE PERFORMANCE POLO | 1,599.50 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 04/23/2026 | open | 26-02012 | BLACK100 BLACK DOG APPAREL COMPANY · TRPD CADET HATS | 480.00 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 04/23/2026 | open | 26-02012 | BLACK100 BLACK DOG APPAREL COMPANY · LONG SLEEVE PERFORMANCE POLO | 1,639.25 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 04/30/2026 | Reference 92316 · 4.2026 Int Opioid Settlemt Fds Ac2247 | 3,280.97 | Receipt | ||
| 05/12/2026 | [REDACTED] | 26-02387 | TOWNS130 Township of Toms River Payroll · PAYROLL 05/14/2026 | 2,005.52 | Paid · Unverified |
| 05/13/2026 | [REDACTED] | 26-01357 | BLUE3005 BLUE 360 MEDIA LLC · BLUE360 MEDIA ACADEMY: TIER 2 | 5,000.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| Total paid | 43,421.36 | ||||
| Conforming abatement spending | 4,500.00 |
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 $11,826.79, 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 Toms River Township tell the State it spent the money on?
It certified 8 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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Toms River Township
Toms River Township told the State it spent 18,154.04 of opioid settlement money on police education, training and a drug take back. The ledger shows promotional merchandise, a police legal updates subscription and a payroll posting, and it ties to the cent.