Pinal County Attorney’s and Sheriff’s Offices—Anti-Racketeering Monies—Former Pinal County Attorney’s and Sheriff’s Offices failed to consistently follow established policies, procedures, and guidelines when awarding monies to community organizations

We reviewed Pinal County’s (County) use of anti-racketeering monies during the period of January 2013 through December 2016. This report includes two findings that describe how former county officials did not follow established policies during that time period. Specifically, Finding 1 is related to the former County Attorney’s failure to follow his office’s procedures and guidelines when awarding community outreach monies, and Finding 2 is related to the former County Sheriff and county sheriff employees’ potential violation of county conflict-of-interest policies. We have submitted this information to the Arizona Attorney General’s Office for further review.