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Controller finds procedural weaknesses in SFPD evidence handling and overtime pay; department outlines fixes
Summary
The controller's city services auditors reported packaging, recordkeeping and system-security weaknesses in SFPD property control and identified $252,000 in monetary evidence held longer than policy allows. The overtime audit found documentation lapses and examples of work-hour violations; SFPD described immediate fixes and a plan to resolve holds and update access controls. The committee continued the audits for follow-up.
The committee heard a detailed briefing from the controller—s city services auditors on two recent reviews of San Francisco Police Department operations: an inventory audit of monetary evidence held by the property control unit and an audit of overtime and premium pay.
Mark Tipton of the controller—s office said auditors accounted for the department—s monetary evidence envelopes and found the property control inventory largely traceable to records, noting 7,225 envelopes physically present and 75 that auditors determined had been properly checked out. Tipton said more than one-third of envelopes lacked required sealing or dual signing and that the department—s property evidence tracking system…
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