by Jon Styf
A Tennessee Comptroller investigation into the former executive director of the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police found nearly $64,000 in questionable credit card transactions between January 2017 and December 2021.
Maggi Duncan was reportedly suspended from her post in early March 2022 and then resigned March 18, 2022. The organization is funded through federal and state grants, vendor fees, fees for testing and accreditation, donations, and membership dues that are paid by members’ respective governments.
The comptroller’s findings were forwarded to the district attorney general of the 20th Judicial District.
“TACP’s Executive Board has a responsibility to provide adequate oversight of the organization and its staff,” said Tennessee Comptroller Jason Mumpower. “The board should ensure the organization is following its policies concerning check signing and credit cards as well as revisit its official policy on the funding of hospitality suites.”
The identified transactions included nearly $24,000 for food and alcohol for the group’s bi-monthly meetings and annual conferences, an expense investigators questioned if government funds should be used for.
It also included more than $15,000 in meals from 243 occasions at anywhere from fast food to upscale restaurants as well as more than $14,000 on gift cards, nearly $800 on gas for a personal vehicle and nearly $10,000 in miscellaneous expenses that were not supported by itemized receipts.
Duncan was also found to be a registered lobbyist for a nonprofit that provides insurance for Tennessee municipalities, a potential conflict of interest.
“The former executive director continued to work as a lobbyist for the outside organization after she was instructed by TACP’s Executive Board to stop, and in violation of her employment agreement,” the report found. “Investigators determined she also used TACP computer devices and its email account while performing outside lobbying activities during normal TACP business hours.”
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Jon Styf is an award-winning editor and reporter at The Center Square who has worked in Illinois, Texas, Wisconsin, Florida and Michigan in local newsrooms over the past 20 years, working for Shaw Media, Hearst and several other companies.
Photo “Maggi Duncan” by Maggi McLean Duncan. Photo “Jason Mumpower” by Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury. Background Photo “Tennessee State Capitol” by Ken Lund. CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Tennessee Association of Police Chiefs has long been engaged in (unregistered) lobbying to oppose the natural rights of Tennesseans, namely any legislation that attempts to restore the 2nd Amendment. They are a 501(c)(3) and prohibited from such activities, yet they continue at least through the 2023 session half. An audit by the IRS might find…
Think about it – a group that is largely taxpayer funded using those funds to deny rights to those taxpayers – us.
Way to go Maggie! Prove all these people right who say the police are unethical, hypocritical, and the biggest thieves out there. You singlehandedly destroyed any progress the police have worked so hard to create with the communities trust. I pray to God they lock you up and throw away the key. Because you’re more of a vile human being than any criminals out there. At least they aren’t pretending to be the good guys. They at least own up to their crimes unlike you who is too spineless and too big of a liar to own up to yours. You hide behind the police and use them as your own personal shield while you put your grubby little hands in pockets that don’t belong to you. So glad you were stupid enough to get caught
“Duncan was also found to be a registered lobbyist for a nonprofit that provides insurance for Tennessee municipalities, a potential conflict of interest.”
I fail to see the problem. The THP and Tennessee Sheriff’s Association send unregistered lobbyists in to legislative committee meetings to fight against the constitutional right to keep and bear arms on a regular basis. Is it because Duncan went to the trouble of actually registering her lobbying activities?
A hearty well done to the Comptrollers Office for safeguarding the public trust. Now if we can just dig deeper into Public Education and Non Profits we might solve the Debt Crisis.