Following the theft of thousands of dollars by an employee, the Scott County Sheriff's Department has tightened its accounting procedures. Tuesday morning, the board of supervisors discussed how much of the loss will be covered by insurance, and how to make sure it won't happen again.
Sheriff Dennis Conard says the former employee, who stole more than 165,000 dollars over about 3 years, over-saw the jail commissary account and could manipulate the numbers to hide the theft.
As a result, quite a few changes have been made.
Conard says Davenport police have completed their investigation, and turned over the results to the US Attorney's office, but no charges have been filed yet against the former employee.
With the cost of a forensic audit, Scott County lost about 200,000 dollars, but insurance will cover 160,000 dollars.
