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B-234813 1 (1989-11-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcap0001 and id is 1 raw text is: KY' 0f* Dne Comp9troU er rGeneraJ of the United States *W gon, D.C., 20548 Decision tiF FBI Payment for Refreshments during Organized Materoh: Crime Investigation File; B-234813 Dute: November 9, 1989 ....... DIGEST f Expenses incurred for food served to law enforcement personnel at A staging area before they were dispatched to execqte search warrants may not be paid by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), even though provision of the food helped the FBI ensure the security of a large-scale organized crime investigation by preventing participants from leaving the premises and leaking information. DECISION This decision responds to a request from the Chief of the Accounting Section, Administrat!ve Service Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), concerning the payment of $1,000 to the Salvation Army by the since-retired supervisor of the FBI's fNew York Office. This amount was paid, without certifying officer authorization, as compensation for food provided by the Salvation Army's Emergency Disaster Services unit at the staging area of a large-scale criminal investigation conducted by the FBI in conjunction with the Now York City Police Department (NYCPD). Coffee and I doughnuts were served by'the Salvation Army during the initial briefings of FaH Special Agents, NYCPD detectives . and uniformed officers. For the reasons set forth below, we conclude that the $1,000 payment made to the Salvation Army by the supervisor of the FBI's New York Office was improper. BACKGROUND On tht morning of January 31, 1986, the FBI and NYCPD, jointly and simultaneously# executed 471 search warrants in variou locations throughout New York City in furtherance of A large-scale organized crime investigation. The Participants in the investigation included 450 FBI Special Agents, 700 NYCPD detectives and more th&n 2,000 uniformed 'officars. The participants assembled at an unheated 'i 4

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