City auditors say personnel at Albuquerque's troubled police department bypassed purchasing regulations and compromised the integrity of the city's procurement process when purchasing body cameras from Taser International in 2013.
The city's Office of Internal Audit released the findings Tuesday.
They follow an equally scathing report by New Mexico State Auditor Tim Keller, which uncovered a cozy relationship involving Taser and former police chief Ray Schultz.
The city report says the former chief's work for Taser may have violated city law.
Schultz's attorney has said his client denies any wrongdoing.
The state review found Schultz disregarded and circumvented the city's process for competitive contracts in the nearly $2 million deal for body cameras and video storage software awarded to Arizona-based Taser. The contract was not put out for competitive bidding.
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