The department is reviewing reports of missing church donations. Betty’s accounting concern relates to the original collection. No finding identifying responsibility for the shortage is issued in this copy.

A subsequent competitive giving event was conducted during Mr. Gai’s effort to obtain a confession. Funds generated during that event are to be recorded separately. Additional contributions do not reconcile an earlier shortage.

Witnesses should identify which collection they observed and whether their account concerns the handling of money, the handling of records or conduct during the later event.

Amplified music and movement within the congregation complicated observation of the subsequent collection. Descriptions of that activity are not substitutes for the original accounting records.

Surveillance material should be retained in its existing form. An indistinct image should not be entered into a record as a positive identification.

The Tribune’s follow-up discusses the distinction between collections. Mr. Gai’s published inquiry concerns contributors’ behavior. Neither account establishes the disposition of the original funds.