A communication from the Office of the Inspector General (see Section 12 of Chapter 12A of the General Laws) submitting a Preliminary Review of Sheriffs’ Budgets and Expenditures

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A Preliminary Review of Sheriffs’

Budgets and Expenditures

Ending a Decades-Long Prac�ce of Improper Deficit

Spending and Overuse of Supplemental Funding

February 27, 2026

Jeffrey S. Shapiro, Esq., CIG

Inspector General

Office of the Inspector General

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