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| Orleans sheriff overcharged city for ankle monitoring program |
| By nola.com- Naomi Martin |
| Published: 04/02/2014 |
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Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman overcharged the city for an ankle-monitoring program for criminal defendants and Mayor Mitch Landrieu's administration did not catch the errors, according to a report released Wednesday by the city's inspector general. The report found Gusman's office billed the city $23,000 in 2012 for defendants who were already covered by a separate grant or who had been removed from the program. The program also ran deficits of more than $114,000 in each 2011 and 2012, due to faulty calculations such as an erroneous 12-fold increase in the rent cost for the program's office. In a statement, Gusman acknowledged the errors and said they have been corrected. The Landrieu administration said city budget officials had taken steps to heighten fiscal controls. Read More. |
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