Fairfax County police have
spent $1.3 million on weapons and protective gear, $561,000 on buildings and
improvements and $208,000 on electronic surveillance gear. The department
declined to share details about the spending.
The Justice Department audited
Fairfax’s spending in 2009 and 2010 and found the department had complied with
the guidelines at that time.
“Our financial stewardship of
our Seized Account Funds is in compliance with all Federal rules and laws,
State rules and laws, County rules and laws, and we undergo audits of these
accounts by local and federal agencies,” Col. Edwin C. Roessler Jr., the
Fairfax police chief, said in a statement. “Additionally, we are subjected to
internal audit processes to review all requests for expenditures to ensure
purchases are pre-approved for compliance.”