Two years after the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) decided to lease 100 battery-electric BMW i3 hatchbacks, those vehicles have been barely used, according to a local news report.
Louisiana State Police troopers were frequently tasked with transporting the former police superintendent’s wife, and fleet personnel were asked to conduct maintenance on personal vehicles.
The city manager for Riverdale, Ga., used an unmarked police vehicle multiple times to move personal belongings to his second home, among other misuses of government property.
An inmate had left a small amount of methamphetamine in a vehicle used for the Cleburne County (Ark.) jail's work-release program, leading to a larger stash.
Previous state attorneys used their own cars or vehicles forfeited to the office under asset forfeiture laws.
The former coroner faces two misdemeanor counts of using public position for personal gain.
Sublette County (Wyo.) Waste Management's former lead operator has been accused of borrowing fleet vehicles and equipment and having county employees work on his personal projects during business hours.
An internal audit of the Utah State Board’s Office of Education (USBOE) found multiple occasions where government employees misused state fleet vehicles.
The Allegheny County (Penn.) controller has accused County Executive Richard Fitzgerald of improper use of his county vehicle, potentially totaling $13,125.
WARREN, OH - Two inspectors with the Trumbull County Sanitary Engineer's Office were fired on Oct. 3 after GPS installed in their work vehicles confirmed they used the vehicles to make numerous and lengthy unauthorized stops at their homes and other locations during work hours.
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