Report Says OSBI Used State Time For Nonprofits

An audit of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation shows employees of the agency used state resources and time to raise money for two nonprofits associated with the agency -- then refused to release documents to the state auditor's office.

State Auditor and Inspector Gary Jones released a special audit report Thursday that also says one of the nonprofits -- the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation Employee Association-- spent nearly $10,000 to take 11 employees on a cruise.

The audit was requested by OSBI Director Stan Florence to examine the agency's role with both the association and the nonprofit Friends of the OSBI, Inc.

OSBI spokeswoman Jessica Brown -- who is president of Friends of the OSBI, Inc. -- said she hadn't read the audit and declined comment on it.