SAO audited fixed tangible assets managed by police schools of the Ministry of Interior
Press Release – August 3, 2009
From January to April 2009, auditors from the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) performed an audit of fixed tangible assets managed by police schools of the Ministry of Interior within the period from 2007 to 2008. The auditors concluded that the Ministry while administering the investment programme entitled “Rozvoj a obnova materiálně technické základny školství, vzdělávání a tělovýchovy” (Development and reconstruction of the material and technical bases of the Ministry of Education), agreed to finance particular investment ventures even though the applications omitted some required essential terms.
Among the audited bodies were the Police College and Secondary Police School of the Ministry of the Interior in Holešov, the Police College of the Ministry of the Interior in Prague, the Secondary Police school of Ministry of Interior in Brno, the Secondary police school of Ministry of Interior in Jihlava, and the Police College of the Ministry of the Interior in Pardubice.
“The registration and inventory files of all the audited police schools showed unbalanced presenting of fixed tangible assets on item balance sheets“, said president of the SAO František Dohnal.
The Ministry performed a post-action control only at the Police College of the Ministry of the Interior in Pardubice. The Ministry checked below-limit-price public orders placed by the Police College of the Ministry of the Interior Pardubice and by the secondary police schools of the Ministry of the Interior in Prague and in Holešov but within the past 6 years, no control has been performed at the Police College of the Ministry of the Interior in Brno.
Accounts of the Police College of the Ministry of the Interior in Prague and in Holešov and of the Secondary Police School in Holešov did not correspond with records in the real estate cadastre. Ownership records of the Police schools in Prague did not show buildings worth almost CZK 145 million, which were located on their building grounds. Accounts of the Police College and the Secondary School of the Ministry of Interior in Holešov did not show a construction, which had been recorded in the cadastre. Insufficiencies were also revealed in case of acquiring of the fixed tangible assets.
The auditing operation was included into the 2009 Audit Plan of the SAO under No. 09/01. Ladislav Zeman, Member of the SAO Board, controlled the operation and prepared the audit conclusion as well.
Radka Burketová
Press Speaker
Supreme Audit Office