A forensic audit of the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office budget requested by the county commission has turned up no evidence of wrongdoing, according to the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office.
The Bradley County Commission voted in August to ask auditors to look into a number of allegations as part of the annual county audit, which was released Tuesday.
Commissioners were suspicious about spending in several areas, including the jail food budget, and the use of credit cards in the sheriff’s office.
But comptroller’s office spokesman John Dunn said Tuesday the auditors found nothing wrong in the sheriff’s office budget.
“Auditors spent approximately 200 hours on these allegations,” Dunn said in an emailed statement. “We reviewed each of the allegations and found many of them to be baseless or incorrect. Based on the records we reviewed, and county employees we interviewed, no evidence came to our attention to indicate the allegations were valid. The Sheriff’s Office does not have any findings in this FY 2017 report.”