Program evaluation. An assessment of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation drug enforcement & prevention results-based budget goals and desired results

PROGRAM EVALUATION
Prepared For The Budgetary Responsibility Oversight Committee

An Assessment of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Drug Enforcement & Prevention Results-Based Budget Goals and Desired Results

August 2002

Russell W. Hinton, State Auditor

Performance Audit Operations Division 254 Washington St. S.W.

Department of Audits and Accounts

Atlanta, GA 30334-8400

Purpose of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's Drug Enforcement & Prevention Efforts
The purpose of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's (GBI's) drug enforcement efforts is to assist in decreasing the supply of illegal drugs by providing investigative services, intelligence information, specialized units such as the State Drug Task Force, and training to criminal justice agencies that request drug enforcement assistance. Additionally, the GBI has the authority to initiate drug enforcement investigations and operations. The purpose of the GBI's drug prevention efforts is to train and monitor Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) officers in Georgia. DARE is a police officer led series of classroom lessons that are meant to teach youth how to avoid drugs and violence.
Issues Addressed
Specific objectives of the program evaluation, as determined by the Budgetary Responsibility Oversight Committee (BROC), include the following:
To comment on the validity of the Results-Based Budget (RBB) goals and desired results; and,
To evaluate the reliability of the RBB data.
Background
The GBI was established in 1937 to provide assistance to the state's criminal justice system. GBI provides assistance to other law enforcement agencies in the areas of criminal investigations, forensic laboratory services, and computerized criminal justice information. The GBI consists of three divisions, the Investigative Division, the Division of Forensic Sciences, and the Georgia Crime Information Center. The GBI Investigative Division oversees the drug enforcement and drug prevention activities of the GBI. As of the end of fiscal year 2001, the GBI Investigative Division employed a total of 376 employees, of which 313 are sworn, law enforcement positions and 63 are non-sworn, administrative/support positions.

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Organization and Activity Data
As discussed below, there are several different offices and units within GBI's Investigative Division that support GBI's drug enforcement and prevention activities. Please see Exhibit 1 for additional information on drug enforcement investigative hours expended by these offices.
Drug Enforcement Efforts Regional Drug Enforcement Offices - 28 GBI agents. The GBI has three Regional Drug Enforcement Offices (RDEOs), which are located in Savannah, Macon, and Gainesville. RDEOs are designed to target street-level violators, mid-level violators, and major violators involved in trafficking and smuggling illegal drugs. The RDEO jurisdictions cover 79 counties in the southeastern, central, and northeastern areas of the state. RDEOs both initiate investigations and assist criminal justice agencies requesting assistance with drug related cases.
Regional Offices 166 GBI agents. The GBI has 15 Regional Offices that are located throughout the state. Regional Offices conduct both general criminal investigations and drug enforcement investigations. Eight Regional Offices have been designated as dualpurpose offices. These offices are intended to conduct a greater percentage of drug enforcement investigations than a general-purpose office.
State Drug Task Force 17 GBI agents. The State Drug Task Force (SDTF) works with federal and local law enforcement agencies upon a request for assistance. The SDTF specializes in short-term undercover operations. The assistance SDTF provides includes undercover work which consists of payments to informants, drug purchases, and other investigative activities supporting undercover investigations.
Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Forces 19 GBI agents. The GBI supervises 12 of 26 local Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Forces (MJTFs). MJTFs are created by local law enforcement agencies using both funds provided by the Byrne Formula grant, which is administered by the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, and local funds. Each MJTF is comprised of local law enforcement personnel and may also include state law enforcement personnel that conduct street-level and some mid-level drug enforcement investigations in the jurisdictions of the criminal justice agencies that comprise the MJTF. A control board that includes the heads of the local law enforcement agencies participating in the MJTF direct its focus and efforts. The GBI assigns an assistant special agent in charge to each of the 12 GBI-supervised MJTFs. The assistant special agent in charge oversees day-to-day operations.
Governor's Task Force for Drug Suppression 1 GBI agent. The Governor's Task Force for Drug Suppression (GTF) combats the growth of domestic marijuana on a statewide basis. The GTF coordinates helicopter flights used to identify marijuana growth throughout the state. In addition, the GTF works with local law enforcement to eradicate the marijuana identified by the GTF flights. This task force is comprised of the Georgia State Patrol, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and Georgia Department of Defense Counterdrug Task Force. Effective

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March 2002, control of the GTF was transferred from the GBI to the Georgia State Patrol Aviation Division.

In addition to the above operations, GBI agents are attached to the Atlanta High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) task force. The Atlanta HIDTA is a federally-funded drug task force that is staffed by federal, state, and local law enforcement personnel. The Atlanta HIDTA primarily targets mid-level and major drug violators in the City of Atlanta, the Atlanta Airport, the Peachtree-Dekalb Airport, and the Memorial Drive corridor. Also, the GBI DARE Training Unit and the GBI Financial Investigations Unit have contributed towards drug enforcement investigations over the last fiscal year.

Exhibit 1 summarizes the total drug enforcement investigative hours expended by the GBI in fiscal year 2001. The 110,330 drug enforcement investigative hours represent 33% of the 330,642 investigative hours expended by the GBI Investigative Division in fiscal year 2001. The 110,330 hours equates to approximately 53 full-time equivalent positions.

Exhibit 1 Georgia Bureau of Investigation Investigative Division
Drug Enforcement Investigative Hours by Unit FY 2001

Unit
Regional Drug Enforcement Offices Regional Offices State Drug Task Force Atlanta HIDTA Governor's Task Force for Drug Suppression Financial Investigations Unit DARE Training Unit
Total Drug Enforcement Hours
Source: GBI Investigative Division Activity Reports

FTE(1)
17 15 12 5 2 1.5 <1
53

Hours
36,012 30,981 25,656 10,144
4,267 3,230
40
110,330

% of Total
32.6% 28.1% 23.3%
9.2% 3.9% 2.9% 0.04%
100.0%

(1) The FTE count does not match the number of positions by office as shown on the prior page. They do not match since the hours only reflect hours expended on narcotics investigations and do not include time expended on such items as non-narcotics investigations, administration, court, annual/sick leave, etc. In addition, the hours do not reflect vacant positions.

Drug Prevention Efforts Drug Abuse Resistance Education Training Unit: The purpose of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education Training Unit (DARE Unit) is to train and monitor DARE officers in Georgia. DARE officers are law enforcement officers, primarily from local law enforcement agencies, that receive specialized training in teaching the DARE program. The DARE Unit is the only accredited source of DARE training in Georgia, and is located at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center (GPSTC). Other support for the

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DARE program includes: the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) which provided $75,111 in fiscal year 2001 to fund local law enforcement agency DARE officers; two DHR regional boards provided $79,000 for DARE programs in fiscal year 2002; and, Safe and Drug Free School (SDFS) grant funds administered by DOE are used to fund local DARE programs. The amount of SDFS funds used to fund local DARE programs is unknown.
The DARE program is a series of classroom lessons meant to teach youth how to avoid drugs and violence that is led by a local DARE officer. DARE curriculum exists for elementary, middle school, and high school age groups, but the elementary program is most common in Georgia. The elementary program, delivered during the fifth grade, is a 17-lesson course with the DARE officer teaching one lesson per week. The middle and high school course each contain 10 lessons. In fiscal year 2001, 87,882 students participated in the DARE course.
Local school systems and local law enforcement agencies decide whether or not to maintain a DARE program in their local community. Other entities involved with DARE, as shown in Exhibit 2, provide training and/or materials for the locally run program.
The DARE Unit is currently staffed by a GBI assistant special agent in charge, four GBI agents, and a full-time administrative assistant. The administrative assistant performs administrative functions such as filing and typing. The administrative assistant also assists with setting up the DARE training course, preparing paperwork for background investigations, and maintaining a database used in monitoring DARE officers.
The training conducted by the DARE Unit consists of a two-week seminar followed by two in-class evaluations during the officer's first semester presenting the DARE program. The officer is a fully certified DARE officer upon successful completion of both the twoweek seminar and the first semester of presenting the DARE program.
The DARE Unit also monitors DARE officers to assure compliance with DARE curriculum and teaching methods. DARE officers are required to submit a schedule detailing the DARE classes that they will conduct each semester. DARE Unit agents may then visit these classes to assess the officer's compliance with the DARE curriculum and teaching methods. The DARE Unit may recommend to the Georgia DARE Board that DARE officers who do not meet the DARE standard after several evaluations loose their certification.
As of September 2001, 802 DARE officers have been trained of which approximately 300 are currently certified to teach the DARE course. This includes 54 DARE officers trained during fiscal year 2001. DARE Training Unit activities accounted for 7,235 total hours in fiscal year 2001. It should be noted that the 7,235 hours equates to three and a half FTE, which is not equal to the current staff of six. The difference is because the hours only reflect GBI agent hours and not those of the administrative assistant. In addition, during fiscal year 2001, the Unit only had three special agents for the entire year and a fourth agent for part of the year.

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Exhibit 2

Delivery of the DARE Program
DARE America
(A private, not-for-profit corporation) Provides standards nationwide for DARE Officers
and curriculum and teaching methods for both training of DARE Officers and delivery of the
DARE program
Curriculum, Method, & Standards

Curriculum, Method, & Standards

Georgia DARE

GBI DARE

Board

Training Unit

- Created in January 1990

- Train and assess local

by Executive Order and membership is determined
by the Governor - Approves local officers

Officers Approved for Training

officers on delivering the DARE program in compliance with DARE America curriculum and

to receive DARE officer

teaching methods

training after background

- Monitor local DARE

investigation by GBI

officers to ensure they

DARE Training Unit

continue to comply with

- May increase DARE

DARE America

America standards for

curriculum and

DARE Officers in Georgia

teaching methods

Trained Officers
Monitoring

Local DARE Program
Local law enforcement agency and local education
authority decide to offer and fund a DARE Program in their area. The local law
enforcement agency sponsors a local law enforcement officer to become a trained DARE Officer. Once trained, the DARE Officer teaches the DARE program in local
schools.

Source: GBI DARE Training Unit

Untrained Officers

Funding
Funding for the GBI Investigative Division totaled $35.3 million in fiscal year 2001. State funds totaled $27.1 million (76.8%), and federal funds totaled $8.2 million (23.2%). Funds supporting the GBI drug enforcement efforts are not separately tracked. However, fiscal year 2001 drug prevention funding for the DARE Unit totaled $344,000 or less than 1% of the GBI Investigative Division total budget. The GBI Investigative Division fiscal year 2002 budget is $38.6 million, which includes $29.4 million (76.2%) in state funds, $9.1 million (23.6%) in federal funds, and $.1 million (.2%) in other funds.

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Other States
Other states reviewed use a variety of measures to assess their drug enforcement activities. The measures used by other states are output measures that include, for example, the number of drug arrests, the amount of drugs seized, or cases opened. An output measure may be defined as the quantity of services delivered or activities in a set period. However, these measures were not comparable to the drug enforcement desired results used by the GBI. The GBI drug enforcement desired result measures satisfaction with GBI drug enforcement services and is not an output measure.
The drug prevention measures used by selected other states pertaining to DARE also were not comparable to the GBI desired results. Measures used by other states either focused on the actual presentation and participation in DARE training by schoolchildren or dealt with the total number of DARE officers trained. The GBI drug prevention desired result measures the percentage of DARE officers trained from among those qualified for training.
Evaluation Methodology
This evaluation was conducted in compliance with O.C.G.A. 45-12-178 enacted in 1993. The evaluation was conducted in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards for performance audits. The evaluation was conducted under the Budgetary Responsibility Oversight Committee's theme, "Drug Enforcement and Prevention." The evaluation methodology included:
Review of GBI records;
Interviews with GBI personnel;
Observation of GBI drug enforcement missions;
Reliability and completeness tests of the RBB data; and,
Review of drug enforcement and prevention performance measures used in other states and by the federal government.
The entire report was discussed with appropriate personnel at the GBI and a draft copy was provided for their review. The GBI indicated in their written response that they did not have any disagreement with the report.

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Drug Enforcement Efforts
Issue: Validity of the GBI drug enforcement RBB goal and desired result.
The Budgetary Accountability and Planning Act of 1993 requires that programs provide data in their RBB to indicate how well they are solving the problems they were created and funded to address. The intent for capturing and reporting such data is to reflect the progress the program has made towards achieving its purpose for existing.
The ultimate goal of drug enforcement is to decrease the available supply of illegal drugs and by decreasing the available supply to reduce the negative impact that illegal drugs have on society. The most useful outcome measure for assessing drug enforcement activities would measure the impact of drug enforcement activities on the available drug supply; however, drug enforcement programs are not able to use this outcome measure since the available supply of drugs is unknown. Drug enforcement programs may report the amount of drugs seized, but the amount of drugs seized does not measure the impact of drug enforcement activities on the available drug supply. For example, the total volume of drugs supplied to an area during a year may increase due to increased drug production, increased shipping, or other factors. In that scenario, a law enforcement agency's drug enforcement activities in that area may result in an increased volume of drug seizures while the total available drug supply has actually increased.
The GBI's drug enforcement fiscal year 2003 RBB goal is valid and the desired result is a valid indicator of its effectiveness.
The GBI has one drug enforcement goal and measure of desired results in the Governor's Budget Report (see Exhibit 3). The goal is an indicator of how well the GBI is meeting its purpose. In order to measure the progress towards meeting Goal 1, the GBI conducts an annual survey that is sent to every District Attorney, police chief, and sheriff. The survey solicits responses to a series of questions pertaining to the type and size of the responding agency and asks the head of the agency to rank GBI's drug enforcement assistance according to the following scale:
Not Aware; Did Not Use; Did Not Meet Expectations; Met Expectations; and, Exceeded Expectations.
Because the GBI is a service agency, customer satisfaction with GBI services is an important measure of program performance.

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While the percentage of criminal justice agencies that rated GBI's drug enforcement assistance as meeting or exceeding expectations is a valid desired result, the desired result could be improved.
Exhibit 3 Georgia Bureau of Investigation Investigative Division/Criminal Investigations Drug Enforcement Results-Based Budgeting Goal and Desired Result
Fiscal Year 2003
GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION - Results-Based Budgeting

INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION/CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS Purpose: Provide investigative services, intelligence information, specialized units and training to criminal justice agencies in order to promote public safety.

Goal 1: Assist criminal justice agencies in solving crimes.

Desired Result 1b: Maintain a rating of met or exceeded from at least 80% of the criminal justice

agencies that requested drug enforcement assistance.

FY 1998 FY 1999 FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003

Desired Result

80%

80%

80%

80%

80%

80%

Actual Result

94% (1)

83%

84%

[1]

Note 1: Survey to be conducted in January 2002 at Command College

Source: Governor's Budget Report - Fiscal Year 2003 (1) There was a typographical error in the Governor's Budget Report; actual result should be 84%.

Potential Improvements to the Desired Results Measure The desired result could be revised upward to better reflect the historical result. While the actual result has exceeded the desired result each year, the desired result has remained unchanged. The actual result measures the percentage of criminal justice agencies that rate GBI drug enforcement assistance as meeting or exceeding their expectations. The desired result in the Fiscal Year 2003 Governor's Budget Report is 80% for fiscal years 1998 through 2003. However, the actual results for fiscal years 1998, 1999, and 2000 was 84%, 83%, and 84%, respectively.

Within its RBB, the GBI also measures satisfaction for both the GBI's general investigative assistance and specialized law enforcement assistance. The percentage of criminal justice agencies that rate this assistance as meeting or exceeding expectations has exceeded 95% for general investigative assistance and 90%1 for specialized law enforcement assistance for fiscal years 1998, 1999, and 2000. This compares to 84% for drug enforcement assistance. GBI officials believe this indicates dissatisfaction with the quantity and not the quality of drug enforcement assistance provided. However, the questionnaire does not inquire about this. The GBI should consider conducting additional research to determine why drug enforcement assistance does not rate as high as other

1 The percentage of criminal justice agencies that rate specialized law enforcement assistance as meeting or exceeding expectations for fiscal years 1998, 1999, and 2000 as reported in the Fiscal Year 2003 Governor's Budget Report was 94%, 80%, and 92%, respectively. However, the 80% reported for 1999 was a typographical error and the actual percentage was 94%.

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areas of GBI assistance. The additional research could be limited to asking additional questions on the existing survey or could be more extensive if GBI believed the effort was warranted. This research could assist the GBI to identify ways of improving its drug enforcement efforts to better fulfill its drug enforcement goal and purpose.
Issue: Reliability of the GBI drug enforcement RBB data.
The evaluation found several factors that adversely impact the reliability of the drug enforcement RBB data.
The methodology used by the evaluation team to evaluate the reliability of the drug enforcement RBB data included an assessment of the internal controls over the data compilation and reporting, and a review of the records used to document the reported survey results. The evaluation found weaknesses in the internal controls over the collection and reporting of the drug enforcement RBB data and in the documentation of survey results.
A GBI agent conducts an annual survey that is sent to every District Attorney, police chief, and sheriff. The survey solicits responses to a series of questions pertaining to the type and size of the responding agency and asks the head of the agency to rank GBI's drug enforcement assistance. The GBI agent responsible for conducting the survey then compiles this information and summarizes the information for use in the GBI Investigative Division RBB.
Weaknesses in the Internal Controls over RBB Data Collection and Reporting The survey results that comprise the drug enforcement RBB data is collected and compiled by one agent. After compiling the data, it is submitted to a GBI official who in turn reports the data to the Office of Planning & Budget. The GBI official does not check the data for accuracy or completeness. The GBI should implement controls to ensure that there is a review of the data submitted for RBB to ensure that no one agent is responsible for the entire process.
Weaknesses in Documentation of RBB Data The survey results used to support the drug enforcement RBB data are not supported by adequate documentation. The survey results are keyed in to a database using the original surveys returned to the GBI agent conducting the survey. However, the original surveys are not retained to support the survey results as compiled and therefore we were unable to verify the data reported to OPB. The GBI should retain copies of the surveys used to support their drug enforcement RBB data.
Weakness in the Timeliness of Desired Results Measure data Conducting the survey and compiling the results prior to the RBB submission date could improve the timeliness of the information. The survey used to collect the results that normally would be published within the Fiscal Year 2003 Governor's Budget Report was not scheduled until January 2002. Due to the timing of the survey, the RBB published in the Governor's Budget Report pertaining to GBI's fiscal year 2002 drug enforcement will not be included until the Fiscal Year 2004 Governor's Budget Report.

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A GBI agent attending the Columbus State University Command College conducts the survey as part of an annual research project and does not begin the survey until the GBI agent has begun classes in January. To improve the timeliness of the information, the GBI may have to conduct the survey prior to the GBI agent attending the Command College as the Governor's Budget Report will be published prior to the agent beginning the class and the survey.

Drug Prevention Efforts

Issue: Validity of the GBI drug prevention RBB goal and desired result.

The GBI's drug prevention fiscal year 2003 Results-Based Budgeting (RBB) goal is valid and the desired result is a valid indicator of its effectiveness.

The GBI has one drug prevention goal and desired result in the Governor's Budget Report (see Exhibit 4). The goal is an indicator of how well the GBI is meeting its purpose. In order to measure the progress towards meeting Goal 2, the GBI tracks the percentage of qualified officers who graduate from the DARE Officer Training conducted by the GBI DARE Unit. While the percentage of the qualified officers that apply for DARE Officer slots who successfully graduate from training is a valid measure in relation to the stated goal, both the goal and desired result could be improved.

Exhibit 4 Georgia Bureau of Investigation Investigative Division/Criminal Investigations Drug Prevention Results-Based Budgeting Goal and Desired Result
Fiscal Year 2003
GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION - Results-Based Budgeting

INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION/CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS Purpose: Provide investigative services, intelligence information, specialized units and training to criminal justice agencies in order to promote public safety.

Goal 2: Participate in drug abuse awareness training of 5th and 6th grade students by providing law enforcement officers with the specialized skills necessary to teach the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program.

Desired Result 2a: The percentage [1] of the qualified officers that apply for DARE Officer slots who

successfully graduate from training.

FY 1998 FY 1999 FY 2000 FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003

Desired Result

90%

90%

90%

90%

90%

90%

Actual Result

92%

96%

97%

93%

Note 1: This program trains qualified officers to a standard set by DARE, and passing the course meets the standard.

Source: Governor's Budget Report - Fiscal Year 2003

Since the purpose of the DARE program is to teach children to resist peer pressure and live productive drug and violence free lives, the DARE program is, by its nature, a part of Georgia's substance abuse prevention system. The DARE Unit's responsibility is limited to training

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officers to present the DARE program and to monitor the presentation of the DARE program. GBI, in consultation with the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, has structured the DARE Unit's RBB to be reflective of the DARE Unit's limited role. The DARE Unit's RBB does not address the larger issue of the number of courses provided, the number of students exposed to the training, or the results of the training, which is whether DARE is effective in reducing substance abuse rates. A program evaluation to be released later this year will address the state's substance abuse prevention strategies. The program evaluation will address the effectiveness of Georgia's substance abuse system.
Potential Improvement to the Goal The goal should be changed to reflect the DARE Unit's role in ensuring the quality delivery of the DARE Program. In addition to training future DARE officers, the DARE Unit is supposed to monitor the performance of current DARE officers to ensure compliance with DARE curriculum and teaching methods. The DARE Unit also has the responsibility to recommend that officers who are not delivering the DARE Program according to the standard lose their certification. The goal as currently stated does not include this responsibility to monitor the delivery of the DARE program.
Potential Improvements to the Desired Results Measure An additional desired result should be added to measure the percent of officers presenting the DARE program within one year of graduating the DARE Officer training program and in compliance with the DARE curriculum and teaching methods.
The one desired result currently used is the percentage of officers who graduated from the initial seminar offered by the DARE Unit from among those approved by the Georgia DARE Board to attend the training. However, an officer is not fully certified to teach the DARE Program until evaluated twice by the DARE Unit during the first semester of presenting the DARE Program and successful completion of this first semester of teaching.
The inclusion of DARE Officer Training information in the GBI Investigative Division RBB should be reviewed since the information is of limited value and DARE Officer Training represents less than 1% of the Investigative Division's activities.
The DARE Unit, which is part of the GBI Investigative Division, is responsible for both training and monitoring DARE officers in Georgia. The value of the RBB information is minimal since the DARE Unit has a limited role in the DARE program and the DARE Unit's budget is less than 1% of the GBI's Investigative Division total budget. Since the DARE Unit does not decide where to offer DARE programs or when to schedule classes, RBB information presented will be of limited value in assessing the overall effectiveness or impact of the DARE program.
Factors Impacting the Value of the DARE Unit RBB The purpose of the DARE program is to teach children to resist peer pressure and live productive drug and violence free lives. The DARE Unit's responsibility is limited to training officers to present the DARE program and to monitor the presentation of this training. Due to the limited role of the DARE Unit, RBB information that specifically

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measures the training of officers will be of limited value in assessing the overall effectiveness or impact of the DARE program.
DARE Unit hours in fiscal year 2001 accounted for 1.1% of the GBI Investigative Division total hours (7,235 out of 678,595.85 hours) and less than 1% of the GBI Investigative Division total budget ($344,000 out of $35.3 million). Therefore, the DARE Unit RBB is of limited use in making broad budgetary or policy decisions, in relation to GBI's Investigative Division activities.
The GBI indicated in their written response that they agree that the inclusion of DARE Officer Training Information in the GBI Investigative Division RBB is of limited value and they expect to delete the DARE Unit RBB goal and desired result in future RBB reports.
Issue: Reliability of the GBI drug prevention RBB data.
The evaluation found one factor that adversely impacts the reliability of the drug prevention RBB data.
The DARE officer graduation rate that comprises the GBI drug prevention RBB data is compiled by the Coordinator of the GBI DARE Unit and is in turn submitted to a GBI official for reporting to the Office of Planning & Budget (OPB).
The methodology used by the evaluation team to evaluate the reliability of the drug prevention RBB data included an assessment of the internal controls over the data compilation and reporting, and a review of the records used to document the reported results. While our evaluation found that the RBB data submitted to OPB by the GBI was accurate and complete, no process exists within the GBI to verify the accuracy or completeness of the drug prevention RBB data. The data submitted within the GBI does not include supporting documentation and the GBI does not verify the data submitted to OPB. The drug prevention RBB data should be adequately supported before it is reported to OPB. This will help to ensure that accurate and complete data is reported for use in the drug prevention RBB data.

For additional information, please contact Paul E. Bernard, Director, Performance Audit Operations Division, at 404.657.5220.

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