Initial checks are done telephonically, and only if the relevant station officials cannot account properly, do they follow up with an audit. In 2009/10 they completed 15 audits. When problems are found during the audit, these are reported. FLASH members admitted that they had not been able to pick up problems at the Inanda station because the written reports were relied on and were not properly scrutinised. It was stated that the performance of the Inanda station looked good on paper, as the high inputs (firearms received) correlated with high outputs (firearms sent through to the provincial office). Approximately 20 firearms exhibits are recorded at the station each month.