Anti-Gun OACP Ordered To Stop Spending Homeland Security Monies

"A state agency has ordered the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police to stop spending homeland-security money while a federal auditor reviews allegations of misspending. A state audit found the chiefs association has misspent tens of thousands of federal dollars on such services as lawn care, window washing and pest control, and has continued to fail to document hundreds of other costs. According to the audit by the Ohio Emergency Management Agency, the chiefs association misspent more than $182,000 in 2005."

Allegations of impropriety from this organization, which opposed reforming concealed carry in Ohio, first surfaced publicly last month. But problems were observed by state auditors in early 2007.

The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that state officials cited a study of 209 invoices totaling $260,585. Of that total, the state agency determined that $182,627 had paid for "unallowable costs" under federal grant rules, according to agency documents.