The SIUC Police Department is interviewing its staff to determine who is responsible for the December misplacement of SIUC Police crime reports, which were found on a table at the department’s annual auction.

SIUC Police Chief Sam Jordan said Wednesday that the department interviewed 14 people and will question three or four others before it can determine how the reports turned up at the auction in the Carbondale Civic Center.

“I’m still at that point of gathering information,” he said.

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Georgiana Hoffmann, a Carbondale resident, found the reports on a table next to items set to be auctioned. She said she took the reports to the Carbondale Police Department so someone could take responsibility for them. Carbondale Police said they turned the reports over to SIUC police, but Jordan said last week that he had no knowledge of the reports until a Jan. 13 letter to the editor in the Daily Egyptian was published.

Both departments have been unable to provide a clear timeline of when the reports were transferred between departments.

“Whoever was responsible for the documents was grossly irresponsible,” Hoffmann said.

Jordan is trying to find out what documents were found, who is responsible for their misplacement and what possible action will be taken.

Jordan was away last weekend, which delayed investigations, but said he is doing everything he can to figure out what exactly happened.

“Before I shoot from the hip I want to make sure that I have my ducks in a row and I understand that I have as many facts as I can,” Jordan said.