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B-130515 1 (1970-06-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkqd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RESTRICTED - Not to be released outside the General Accounting Office except on the basis of specific approval by the Office of Legislative LiUason , a record of which is kept by the Distabutlon Section, Publications Branch, OAS COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE: UNITED STATES 2c& 776 WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 B-130515 RELEASED JUN 15 1970 Dear Mr. Chairman: In accordance with the request contained in your letter of February 24, 1970, we have made a review of the administration of grant funds by the Government of the District of Columbia for the police Pilot District Project. The project, an experiment in community-police rela- tionships, was initially approved in June 1968 for an 18-month period beginning September 1968 under a $1.1 million grant to the District Gov- ernment by the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO). Our examination was directed toward evaluating the procedures and controls over, and the propriety of, OEO grant expenditures. We made- selected tests of expenditures; reviewed applicable legislation and OEO and District Government policies, procedures, and regulations; and inter- viewed individuals associated with OEO, the Pilot District Project, and the District Government and certain other individuals who, we had reason to believe, had information pertaining to the matters under review. We did not make an evaluation of the effectiveness of the project in achiev- ing its stated objectives. The primary purposes of the project are to demonstrate that a police precinct in a ghetto area can become more responsive to the needs of resi- dents and property owners of that area and that police efficiency can be increased by bettering relationships between the police and ghetto resi- dents, increasing community support for police activities, and improving police intelligence sources. In January 1969, the 13th police precinct was selected as the area within the District of Columbia where the project was to be implemented. In July 1969, most of the 13th precinct and parts of the second, third, and 10th precincts were consolidated into the Third Police District and the project was expanded to cover this area. The grant stated that the election of a citizens' board to work with the Metropolitan Police Department on the planning and operation of the project and to determine the respective roles of the board and the police was critical to the implementation of the project. The grant provided that, once the citizens' board was elected, several programs be formulated by the board, in conjunction with the project director, to be carried out by the project staff. Since inception of the program in September 196 , the project has been involved in a controversy over the issue of whether the citizens' board could establish policies that would, in effect, exert

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