Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken dismissed the existence of criminal activity in the city’s internal audit of the police department. The audit — still ongoing, which reportedly found procedural discrepancies and mishandling of funds in the department’s narcotics division — was requested by Police Chief Nathaniel Clark upon his arrival in January 2017.
When asked by Talk Business & Politics after an audit commission meeting on Tuesday (June 26) whether any criminal revelations were forthcoming, Geffken said, “No, we see nothing at this time.”
“What this is again: no one is pointing fingers. What we’re doing (with the audit) is saying, ‘That square is a square. However, instead of it being squared off on the corners, people are rounding corners. They need…
