Overland Park police charity board gave themselves $27,000 and kept 'erratic records,' audit...

The Overland Park FOP criticized the Johnson County District Attorney for deciding not to charge four officers for misusing police charity donations. An audit found the officers made unauthorized payments of foundation funds to themselves and may have attempted to conceal their behavior.
The former board of the Overland Park Police Officers Foundation violated the bylaws of the charity, disbursed thousands of dollars to themselves, submitted incorrect tax returns and kept “erratic” records.

That’s according to results of an 82-page audit and separate audit summary released Tuesday by the Overland Park Fraternal Order of Police.

The Overland Park FOP, a social organization not affiliated with the Overland Park Police Department, called for the audit in January 2022 to dig into the organization’s concerns about the integrity of the foundation under its former board members.

The foundation, before the FOP suspended its operations more than a year ago, served as a fundraising component for the FOP.