Florida Probation Services has provided Franklin County with audit for 2014

            Florida probation Services this week provided Franklin County with an external audit of the company for 2013 and 2014.

Florida probation Services is a private company which has handled local misdemeanor probation services since 2011.

They collect payments from people on probation and monitor community service hours.

The company was the center of some controversy after one of its employees was convicted of stealing over 200 thousand dollars in Franklin County probation payments.

In March the county extended its contract with Florida Probation services, and at the time the company agreed to have an audit done every year to make sure that this type of crime doesn’t happen again.

On Tuesday company president Richard Stuart provided an audit done by Howell CPA group – he said the audit shows that all of the money collected by his company in 2014 was sent to the county.

He added that every Tuesday the company sends all money collected the week before.

County attorney Michael Shuler said he has not had a chance to look over the audit but will report at the next county commission meeting as to whether the audit meets the county’s requirements.

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