Steve LawsonState auditors give the 10th Judicial District Drug Task Force a clean bill of health in the agency’s 2012 audit, released today.
“Our review disclosed no material findings and recommendations in this district,” auditors in the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office wrote of the task force, which covers Bradley, McMinn, Monroe and Polk counties.
That’s a change from past years, when the state comptroller’s office slammed the task force for tens of thousands of dollars in improper or undocumented spending under former director Mike Hall.
Hall resigned in late summer of 2010 amid allegations of improper spending and questions whether he was using drugs illegally. Results of a TBI investigation were presented to a grand jury, but Hall was not indicted.
Steve Lawson, who succeeded Hall as drug task force director, said in an interview Friday he has worked to restore order and confidence in the agency’s operations.