Detroit Police reform expense records light on detail

The Detroit Free Press reports:

The city of Detroit released 1,100 pages of expense reports today that were submitted by federal monitor Sheryl Robinson Wood, who was recently forced from her position overseeing reform efforts at the Detroit Police Department after a federal judge concluded she had an inappropriate personal relationship with former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.

But the paperwork failed to provide much detail to justify the $13 million she and her staff have collected for monitoring the Detroit Police Department over the past six years.

Although the paperwork contained monthly lists of how many hours the monitors worked and how much they were reimbursed for travel, meals and other expenses, there were no vouchers or detailed invoices to show what the city got for its money.

City and police officials have complained for years about a lack of detailed documents to back up the expenses incurred by Wood and her staff. The city was responsible for paying the monitor to oversee it’s troubled police department.

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