Halifax's Board of Police Commissioners to hold meeting over drug audit

Halifax's Board of Police Commissioners has called aspecialmeeting to deal with the results of a drugaudit on police exhibit lockers.Themeeting, to be held partlybehind closed doors, is set for Thursday afternoon.

The audit found 90 per cent of the drugs in one lockerwere unaccounted for.In the money vault, 55 per cent of the exhibitswere not where they were supposed to be.

The results of the audit were released last week.

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Police officials have vowed to find the exhibits and improve procedures in the wake of the audit.

The agenda says the itemto be discussed is a personnel issue connected to the drug audit.

The board is a civilian body that governs many aspects of the Halifax Regional Police, including budget and strategic policy. The board's chairman,Coun.RussellWalker, confirmed to CBC Newsthat the board was unaware that an auditwas taking place.

Reports rarely accurate

The auditwas ordered after the province's Serious Incident Response Teamcharged a Halifax Regional Police officer with breach of trust and obstruction of justice.

The charges against Const. Laurence Gary Basso were recently stayed by the Crown. Prosecutors have up to a year from that suspension to restore the charges against him.

The audit found evidence continuity reports are often missing important details and are rarely accurate.

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