The Oklahoman
Oklahoma City has hundreds of police radios valued at more than $850,000 sitting in storage, state Auditor and Inspector Gary Jones said Tuesday.
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Jones called the unused radios “a significant waste of taxpayer dollars.”
Jones’ office uncovered the radios in the course of an audit begun last year.
The city requested the audit in response to a whistle-blower complaint by the police department’s head of information technology.
Capt. Bradd Brown alleged money was misappropriated for personal gain by the manager of a project to upgrade public safety communications systems.
The auditor said his investigation found no evidence to support that claim.
However, auditors found instances where the public safety communications project could have benefited from “greater safeguards and oversight.”
