Where is the paper trail sheriff?
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The Waller County Sheriff puts evidence into a property room. Turns out no one knows if everything that is supposed to be in there, still is.
Dolcefino Consulting has learned the Waller County Sheriff Glenn Smith has no records showing the evidence in the property room has ever been audited under his watch. We also now know Waller County has no records showing there has ever been an audit of the inventory of tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of weapons bought in the last four years.
“This is pretty simple stuff,” says Wayne Dolcefino of Dolcefino Consulting. “And the fact that no one is auditing evidence and weapons is a failure of more than one public official. Taxpayers should demand an immediate accounting.”
We have been examining the paper trail ever since the Sheriff had a sub-machine gun and other weapons stolen from his truck. We have documented discrepancies in the records. The auditor doesn’t have a clue what weapons the Sheriff’s Office has. The Sheriff buys more weapons even though their own records show a lot of guns not even assigned. The Sheriff’s Office trades weapons in for more expensive ones, but no one keeps total track of where all the guns went.
Now we know the paper trail raises serious questions about the use of the taxpayers, including forfeiture and narcotics funds used by the Waller County Sheriff’s Office.
So let’s follow the trail. Every year, the Sheriff asks County Commissioners to approve spending of narcotics funds through what is called the “Imprest Fund.” That fund is quickly being depleted, in part because of all the weapons buys.
But there may be a bigger problem. The Sheriff’s discretionary funds always include money for Undercover Narcotics Operations, including buy money.
We asked for all documents detailing the spending from those accounts, and there are no documents detailing any use of buy money.
The public deserves answers. The silence is deafening.
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