Redacted UNC police audit shows allegations of problems within department before chief resigns

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CHAPEL HILL, NC (WTVD) – After months of pressure, ABC11 Team I has secured an internal audit of the UNC-Chapel Hill Police Department.

The audit, ultimately provided by the Internal Audit Board, is heavily written but confirms that five anonymous allegations triggered the report.

The allegations in the report are redacted, making it impossible to know the nature of the concerns.

The December 2020 audit was serious enough to include a response from the Vice Chancellor who wrote that he would oversee the allegations and “determine the final decision on the allegation in a frank manner.”

The March 2021 report contains one less redacted allegation, claiming that an individual “circumvented departmental policies and procedures” by contacting people involved in a theft case in February before investigators contacted them.

The report concluded that the allegation in the report was unfounded, however, noted a “procedural misstep.”

ABC11 initially requested the audit directly from UNC in January 2021. After months without a response, the university closed the request on Friday, alleging that there were no documents that could be disclosed under the North Carolina Public Records Act and the North Carolina Human Resources Act.

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Former UNC Police Chief David Perry resigned last week after being put on administrative leave in May. Perry’s resignation comes less than two years after arriving at college in 2019. The college still hasn’t said why he was put on leave.

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