The Detroit News reports:
An audit of Detroit Public Schools' police department found gross abuses of overtime and attendance rules, as well as hundreds of unused big-ticket items -- including BlackBerry phones, motorcycles and metal detectors.
Among the items found in storage: 160 BlackBerry phones, 97 two-way phones, 13 printers, 132 first aid kits, eight defibrillators, 50 handheld radios, 1,872 Master locks and 11 motorcycles.
In addition, some police officers were getting a month worth of paid time off each year beyond their maximum vacation and sick days because of poor supervision. The abuses led to a shortage of manpower and overtime expenses were exorbitant, according to the DPS Auditor General Odell W. Bailey
There's more:
A second investigation into unauthorized health care expenses found 411 ineligible dependents were being provided DPS-funded health care. The district offered employees a two-week grace period to report unauthorized dependents on their plans, such as deceased relatives and children who are too old to qualify.
If the government can't run a school system, how are they going to run your health insurance??
