Discover the Adams County Transparency Hotline

Discover how you can report suspected fraud, waste, and abuse of county assets, or any other questionable ethical practices occurring within the Adams County Government or by its employees.

Use the Hotline

Our Purpose

The purpose of the Adams County Transparency Hotline is to provide individuals a medium through which to report suspected fraud, waste, and abuse of county assets, as well as questionable ethical practices occurring within Adams County Government or by its employees. If you have been defrauded by a private business, please contact your local authorities and the Better Business Bureau.

Establishment of a hotline provides both preventive and detective control. As a preventative control, a transparency hotline deters individuals from committing improper acts, knowing that a mechanism exists where such acts could be easily and anonymously reported. As a detective control, many improper acts are brought to the attention of an organization through tips. Hotline reports can be used to investigate improper acts, determine the nature and extent of such acts, and institute appropriate internal controls to prevent future problems.

Anti-Retaliation/Retribution Policy

Employees shall be protected from retaliation/retribution for using the transparency hotline. No employee who, in good faith, uses the transparency hotline to report an issue shall suffer termination of employment, reduced compensation, reduced hours, or any other form of retaliation or retribution as a result of their reporting of an incident. The use of the transparency hotline does not, however, protect an employee from negative or adverse employment actions resulting from performance deficiencies, violations of policies, or layoffs within the employee’s office or department.

Abuse of the Transparency Hotline

Individuals who intentionally abuse the hotline to make false accusations shall be subject to disciplinary action, including potential criminal prosecution and reimbursement of costs incurred to investigate the false claim.