Missing Or Stolen Equipment In Hinds County
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Hinds County Looking For Missing Or Stolen Equipment...
1993 pick-up truck stolen from employee's home...handgun, body armor and other items unaccounted forAuthorities in Hinds County are trying to locate tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment.
Officials say the equipment may have been stolen or employees have lost or misplaced it.
More than $60,000 was reported missing after a 2009 inventory audit of county equipment.
Among the items are chainsaws, printers, pagers, a refrigerator and even a handgun.
Supervisor’s president Robert Graham says authorities are also investigating who stole a 1993 Chevy pick up truck from an employee’s driveway six months ago.
Graham says supervisors have now launched an investigation into what happened. He says they plan to implement new policies to make sure employees do a better job of keeping up with equipment in the future.
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I wonder why the 1993 Truck was at the employees home and why is it know being found out 6 months later. I agree with MarkEllis in that something needs to be seriously done about this. Especially since the Governor is talking about pay cuts. Our tax dollars by for this stuff and someone needs to be held accountable. Something more than just an Internal Investigation.
Too bad nothing will happen about this- nothing worth while that is. The real problem is they, according to the cities spokesman, will treat theft as a “departmental” matter instead of a criminal one. On top of fuelman thefts, and the obvious inside jobs targeting the tax accessors office, we need to prosecute someone. Someone needs jail time.
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