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Inspector General Jeff Shapiro delivered his final report on county sheriffs' spending last week and it hit Beacon Hill with a thud, and blame to go around.
The sheriffs' budget process is "chaotic with chronic underfunding and illegal overspending," Shapiro's office said. Problems stem from a "lack of a common understanding of the role of the sheriffs' offices," with some legislators seeing their role as narrow and some of the elected sheriffs possessing a more expansive view.
Much of the overall report consisted of generalities. But it also delivered numerous datapoints on each department. Below are the Norfolk-specific graphics:
