North Plainfield
- 01Certified a police Ford Escape as a treatment program37,852.00
- 02Certified CPR machines and AEDs as overdose treatment47,704.50
- 03Certified 3,500.00 of spending the ledger had reversed3,500.00
- 04Training figure includes an undocumented fire journal9,805.08
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
North Plainfield has received $277,400.69 in opioid settlement funds and spent $159,254.94 of it. Its largest single year difference between the report and the books is $4,311.14.
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
- $61,176.23
filed
- Program name
- LEAD Training
- Recipient
- North Plainfield
- Recipient category
- County or Municipality (including Departments and Municipal Alliances)
- Programs listed
- 2
- Amount expended
- $3,600.00
- Unspent on hand
- $169,709.51
- Received to date
- $163,784.92
filed
- Program name
- Emergency Medical Equipment
- Recipient
- North Plainfield
- Recipient category
- First Responders, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Services
- Programs listed
- 6
- Amount expended
- $97,468.44
- Unspent on hand
- $152,335.94
- Received to date
- $228,950.88
filed
- Program name
- Advanced Mental Health Institute Lecture
- Recipient
- North Plainfield
- Recipient category
- First Responders, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Services
- Programs listed
- 9
- Amount expended
- $57,375.36
- Unspent on hand
- $126,289.87
- Received to date
- $277,400.69
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 FY2026 report lists a new program named Quick Response Team at 37,852.00 funded and spent, recipient North Plainfield, recipient category First Responders, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Services (pp4 to 6).
It describes early intervention and connecting individuals with treatment, recovery and support services after substance related incidents, and reports 100 individuals served. It files the program under the primary category Treatment, with the Schedule B strategies Treat Opioid Use Disorder, Support People in Treatment and Recovery, Connections to Care, Prevent Misuse of Opioids and Harm Reduction. It gives 5/4/2026 as the funding and launch date. Its only added detail, at question 22, reads Vehicle purchased for this team to utilize for responses. The books show one payment. Purchase order 26-00829, first encumbered 05/07/2026, PD-2026 Ford Escape, Nielsen Ford of Morristown Inc, 37,852.00, paid by check 1153 on 06/23/2026 from account G-02-40-771-202. It is the certified figure to the cent. The ledger enters police department purchases with the prefix PD-, as on order 24-01588, PD-Operational Readiness Class, which ships to the Police Department. No staff, outreach provider, treatment referral or other cost of a quick response team appears on either account through 07/09/2026. A vehicle is not treatment. Exhibit E's Treatment uses are treatment for opioid use disorder, and no listed use covers a police vehicle. No quick response team using this vehicle is documented.
program-misclassification · 3 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2025 report lists a program named Emergency Medical Equipment at 47,704.50 funded and expended, funded and launched 05/06/2025 (pp4 to 5).
It gives the primary problem as Medical equipment used to treat overdoses/substance abuse and describes the program as 2 automatic chest compression machines, 10 AEDs, 3 suction units. It files it under the primary category Treatment, with the Schedule B strategies Harm Reduction and First Responders. Asked how the program addresses opioid use disorder, it answers N/A. Its performance indicator is Does not apply. Its statement of impact says the equipment was purchased for the Police and Fire Departments to help with lifesaving efforts, and it says the equipment was added to Fire Department ambulances and police vehicles. The books show three orders. Lifesavers, Inc. order 25-00739 buys two ARM XR automated chest compression devices at 12,317.50, two three year ARM XR service contracts at 4,500.00, two battery packs and a charger, 34,935.00 paid by check 4440 on 06/10/2025, charged 27,263.61 to account G-02-40-771-201 and 7,671.39 to G-02-40-771-202. Lifesavers order 25-00740 buys ten Defibtech Lifeline AEDs with adult pads, 9,397.50, charged on 05/20/2025 with check 4339. V.E. Ralph and Son order 25-00741 buys three Laerdal suction units, 3,372.00, check 4481 on 06/10/2025. The three orders make the certified figure to the cent, and 9,000.00 of it is the service contracts. Chest compression devices and defibrillators treat cardiac arrest, and suction units clear an airway. None of them treats opioid use disorder, which is what Exhibit E's Treatment uses cover. No overdose program using this equipment is documented, and none of it is among the uses Exhibit E lists.
program-misclassification · 4 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2024 report certifies 3,600.00 expended between 07/01/2023 and 06/30/2024 (p1).
Its program pages certify 3,500.00 of it to Not an Easy Fix, funded 10/17/2023, an assembly teaching high school students about drug awareness, and 100.00 to LEAD Training (pp2 to 4). The account paid Not An Easy Fix, Inc. 3,500.00 for a DJ Choices NPHS assembly on purchase order 23-01810, check 1459, on 10/24/2023. On 12/01/2023 journal Reference 2151, Reclass Ck#1459 PO#23-01810, credited the same 3,500.00 back to account G-02-40-771-201. From that date the settlement account bore none of the cost. The only charge it carried in the year was LEAD Inc check 2385 for 100.00 on 04/09/2024. The report certifies as spent from settlement funds a payment the Borough's own ledger had moved off the settlement account seven months before the year closed. The audit trail does not show which account took the charge.
misreported-expenditure · 3 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2025 report certifies Operational Readiness for Police Officers at 36,355.08 expended and 16,650.00 encumbered, under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training, with 63 training sessions (pp8 to 10).
Four entries make the expended figure. ZSchool, LLC was paid 8,100.00 by check 3675 on 12/17/2024 and 2,700.00 by check 4060 on 03/11/2025 on order 24-01588, and 15,750.00 by check 4182 on 04/08/2025 on order 25-00135, 26,550.00 for seats in the certificate program Operational Readiness, Practical Strategies for Addressing Opioid Use Disorder and Co-occurring Conditions. The fourth entry is journal Reference 2309, posted 06/24/2025, rcls from FD -3/20/25-06/12/25, which moved 9,805.08 of Fire Department charges for that period onto account G-02-40-771-202. Once the year's other five program figures are matched, no other set of payments makes 36,355.08. The certified funding of 53,005.08 is the face of the two ZSchool orders, 22,500.00 and 20,700.00, plus the same 9,805.08. The Borough produced no voucher, payee, pay period or originating account for the journal. The record does not show what the 9,805.08 paid for, or that it bought any part of the training the report certifies.
undocumented-expenditure · 4 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2025 report certifies 97,468.44 expended between 07/01/2024 and 06/30/2025 (p1).
The two settlement accounts paid exactly that in the window, 67,222.47 from G-02-40-771-201 and 30,245.97 from G-02-40-771-202, in eighteen entries. Each of the six program figures ties to its own entries. STEP, at 1,000.00, is one order of program T-shirts. Emergency Medical Equipment, at 47,704.50, is the chest compression devices, AEDs and suction units. NPPD Youth Academy, at 2,908.86, is coloring books, safety walk materials, uniforms, a drug trends program, a reimbursement and a bus. Thinkfast Interactive, at 5,600.00, is two school programs. Operational Readiness, at 36,355.08, is the ZSchool seats and a Fire Department journal. The Not an Easy Fix update, at 3,900.00, is a second assembly. The total matches the books. Matching the books does not make a purchase a listed use, and two of these program figures are covered in the findings above.
accurate-certification · 3 documents · 10/03/2026Four FY2026 program figures equal the payments behind them to the cent (pp11 to 17).
The Advanced Mental Health Institute Lecture, 5,000.00, is check 255 of 01/13/2026, split 3,150.00 and 1,850.00 across the two accounts. National Night Out, 3,695.60, filed under Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention, is Leon's Catering hot dogs and hamburgers at 3,000.00, two face painters at 225.00 each, Italian ice at 175.00, plates and napkins at 44.83 and an Amazon order of 25.77. The Summer Teen Evening Program update, 4,335.00, is journal Reference 2323, AUGUST 21 pay, at 3,600.00 with no payee printed, pizza at 495.00 and basketball shirts at 240.00. The NPPD Youth Academy update, 1,851.90, is T-shirts at 968.00, pizza at 120.00, gift cards at 63.90, a bagpiper at 100.00 and buses at 600.00. The figures match the books. Matching the books does not make a purchase a listed use.
accurate-certification · 3 documents · 10/03/2026Patterns this jurisdiction appears in: Police vehicles and gear
The ledger, as printed.
Account G-02-40-771-201, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/24/2023 | 1459 | 23-01810 | Not An Easy Fix, Inc. · DJ Choices NPHS Assembly | 3,500.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 12/01/2023 | Reclass Ck#1459 PO#23-01810 | -3,500.00 | Reversal · Unverified | ||
| 04/09/2024 | 2385 | 24-00161 | LEAD Inc · PD LEAD Training Richard Dow | 100.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 07/09/2024 | 2852 | 24-00881 | Foremost Promotions · 250 Stay Drug Free Coloring | 185.64 | Paid · Unverified |
| 07/23/2024 | 2906 | 24-00882 | Child Safety Solutions · 250 Bilingual I'm Safe Walk | 412.50 | Paid · Unverified |
| 07/23/2024 | 2946 | 24-01059 | North Plainfield Graphics · Youth Academy 2024 Uniforms | 1,005.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/13/2024 | 2987 | 24-01214 | Albert Domizi · Reimburse Youth Academy | 305.72 | Paid · Unverified |
| 08/27/2024 | 3097 | 24-00834 | Drug Education Awareness LLC · Drug Trends & Vaping Program | 700.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 10/08/2024 | 3295 | 24-01612 | Not An Easy Fix, Inc. · 1 DJ Choices School | 3,900.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 10/08/2024 | 3306 | 24-01621 | TJohn E Productions Inc. · Think Fast Summer 2024 | 2,800.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 11/26/2024 | 3499 | 24-01118 | Barker Bus Company · PD Bus to NJSP Youth Academy | 300.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 12/17/2024 | 3647 | 24-01706 | North Plainfield Graphics · T-Shirts STEP Program | 1,000.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 12/17/2024 | 3675 | 24-01588 | ZSchool, LLC · PD-Operational Readiness Class | 8,100.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 01/14/2025 | 3801 | 24-01622 | TJohn E Productions Inc. · Think Fast Interactive 2-5-25 | 2,800.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 03/11/2025 | 4060 | 24-01588 | ZSchool, LLC · PD-Operational Readiness Class | 2,700.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 04/08/2025 | 4182 | 25-00135 | ZSchool, LLC · Opioid Awareness Training | 15,750.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 05/20/2025 | 4339 | 25-00740 | Lifesavers, Inc. · PD - AED Defibtech Devices | 9,397.50 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/10/2025 | 4440 | 25-00739 | Lifesavers, Inc. · Lifesavers (PO 25-00739 line 2) | 7,671.39 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/10/2025 | 4440 | 25-00739 | Lifesavers, Inc. · FD Auto CPR Device | 27,263.61 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/10/2025 | 4481 | 25-00741 | V.E. Ralph & Son, Inc. · FD-EMS Medical Suction Devices | 3,372.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/24/2025 | Reclass from FD 3/20/25-06/12/25 | 9,805.08 | Paid · Unverified | ||
| 07/15/2025 | 4623 | 25-01054 | North Plainfield Graphics · Youth Academy T Shirts | 968.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/29/2025 | 4651 | 25-01201 | Albert Domizi · PD-Pizza for Youth Academy | 120.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/29/2025 | 4651 | 25-01201 | Albert Domizi · Gift Cards for Youth Academy | 63.90 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/29/2025 | 4679 | 25-01204 | Larry Booker · PD-Bagpipes Youth Academy | 100.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/29/2025 | 4684 | 25-01230 | Montauk · PD-Buses for Youth Academy | 600.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/31/2025 | Reclass Prior Year OPIOD C/R to Grant | 15,820.76 | Receipt | ||
| 08/11/2025 | 4773 | 25-01314 | Leon's Catering · PD-Hot Dogs & Hamburgers | 3,000.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/11/2025 | 4788 | 25-01302 | Paula Harris · Face Painter for National Night Out | 225.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/11/2025 | 4799 | 25-01301 | Tiffany Russo · Face Painter for National Night Out | 225.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/11/2025 | 4808 | 25-00135 | ZSchool, LLC · Opioid Awareness Training | 1,800.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 08/21/2025 | August 21 pay | 3,600.00 | Paid · Unverified | ||
| 08/25/2025 | 4818 | 25-01369 | Albert Domizi · PD-Italian Ice | 175.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/25/2025 | 4834 | 25-01432 | Gaella Pizza and Restaurant · PD-Pizza for STEP Program | 495.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/25/2025 | 4865 | 25-01284 | Staples Business Advantage · PD Plates & Napkins for STAP | 44.83 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 09/09/2025 | 4894 | 25-01297 | Amazon.com Services Inc. · National Night Out | 25.77 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 09/30/2025 | Reverse Jan-Spet c/r reimb OPIOD | 62,903.59 | Journal · Receipt | ||
| 09/30/2025 | Jan-Sept c/r reimburse opioid | 62,903.59 | Journal · Receipt | ||
| 10/15/2025 | 25-00135 | ZSchool, LLC · OPIOID AWARENESS TRAINING | 3,150.00 | Journal · Conforming | |
| 10/16/2025 | Fire S&W-Opioid | 7,152.00 | Paid · Unverified | ||
| 01/13/2026 | 255 | 25-02269 | Advanced Mental Health Institute · PD-Lecture First Responders | 3,150.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 01/13/2026 | 255 | 25-02269 | Advanced Mental Health Institute · PD-Lecture First Responders | 1,850.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 04/01/2026 | open | 26-00587 | CONSENT101 LLC · NPHS SENIORS SEXUAL VIOLENCE | 1,800.00 | Open encumbrance · Unverified |
| 04/13/2026 | 758 | 26-00514 | Ellemento LLC · PD-Basketball Shirts | 240.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/16/2026 | open | 26-01088 | Bien Brava Studio LLC · YOUTH ACADEMY UNIFORMS | 2,464.00 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 06/18/2026 | open | 26-01117 | Alicia Walker-Carman · COORDINATOR SERVICES | 1,156.52 | Open encumbrance · Unverified |
| 06/23/2026 | 1153 | 26-00829 | Nielsen Ford of Morristown Inc · PD-2026 Ford Escape | 37,852.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/01/2026 | open | 26-01201 | V.E. Ralph & Son, Inc. · FD-Oxygen bottles & regulators | 1,972.80 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 07/06/2026 | open | 26-01212 | Tiffany Russo · FACE PAINTER FOR NATIONAL | 150.00 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 07/06/2026 | open | 26-01213 | Paula Harris · FACE PAINTER FOR NATIONAL | 150.00 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| Total paid | 162,754.94 | ||||
| Conforming abatement spending | 28,350.00 |
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 $44,332.50, 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 North Plainfield tell the State it spent the money on?
It certified 17 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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North Plainfield certified a 37,852.00 police Ford Escape to the State as a treatment program, certified 47,704.50 of CPR machines, AEDs and suction units as Treatment, and certified a 3,500.00 assembly its own ledger had already moved off the settlement account.