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Auditor’s Office Uncovers $850K In Unused Equipment

Auditor finds OKC has $850,000 in radios sitting unused in a storage facility

BY WILLIAM CRUM Staff Writer wcrum@opubco.com

Oklahoma City has hundreds of radios originally worth more than $850,000 sitting unused in a storage facility, state Auditor and Inspector Gary Jones said Tuesday.

He called this “a significant waste of taxpayer dollars.”

His office performed an audit at the request of the city in response to an allegation that 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 those claims.

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