The Office of the Comptroller of Puerto Rico issues a favorable opinion with exceptions on the examination of the professional and consulting services contracts, the administrative and internal controls of the Human Resources Bureau, the Auxiliary Superintendency for Professional Responsibility, and the Bureau of Investigations of Licenses and Inspection of Gunsmiths of the Puerto Rico Police.
The 11-finding Report reveals that the Police overpaid $5,466.94 for hours not worked to a professor of legal subjects and, on the other hand, over-withheld $44,986 from a contractor for the reimbursement of exempt expenses under Circular Letter 1300-09-14 of 2013. In addition, it recommends that the Secretary of the Treasury take the pertinent actions regarding the fact that the Police did not report the payment of $13.5 million for three contracts in the informative returns to the Treasury.
Our auditors identified that, contrary to Act 237-2004, contracts were awarded to perform functions similar to those of a position within the Position Classification Plan. Each of these contracts earned between $1,200 and $26,376 annually above what was established in the Plan. In addition, multiple service contracts were awarded lacking important information or without all the required certifications.
The audit notes that annual controlled-substance tests were not conducted on all officials and employees of the Police as provided by Regulation 6403 of 2002, but on only 12% of the personnel. Nor were psychological evaluations conducted on the ranked and classified personnel of the Police within a three-year period as provided by Act 53-1996. In the last six years, the psychological test has been conducted on only 3% to 11% of the employees.
The Report recommends that regulations be promulgated for the Fingerprint Analysis Section of the Criminal Identification Division and that the procedures for administering the Private Detectives Act of Puerto Rico be updated.
The Report covers the period from January 1, 2013 to October 31, 2016.
See Audit Report DA-17-25.
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