A handgun, more than 200 grams of methamphetamine, dozens of pills and half a gram of heroin were among the items missing from the Hanceville Police Department’s evidence locker, a “shocking but not surprising” audit revealed, according to the Cullman County district attorney.

In a letter to Hanceville Mayor Jim Sawyer delivered Monday, D.A. Champ Crocker said the audit, conducted by the State Bureau of Investigation following the death of Hanceville police dispatcher Chris Willingham, is complete.

The security of the evidence room and Willingham’s death were not the only scandals plaguing the Hanceville Police Department.

Police Chief Jason Marlin, four officers and the wife of one of the officers were arrested amid an intense investigation and the scathing findings by a Cullman County grand jury that found a “rampant culture of corruption.”

Crocker cautioned the results of the audit are preliminary and that more items were listed than the ones disclosed on Monday “but the weight is unknown based on the information that was available.”

He said a more detailed list may be available when the final audit report is finished.

The city sent security camera footage of the evidence room to the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office “for safekeeping,” Crocker said.

“These results of the evidence audit are shocking but not surprising,” the D.A. said. “The security camera footage revealed how unsecure the evidence room was — with various individuals going in and out, routinely sticking a broomstick through the hole in the wall to gain access.”

The Hanceville City Council is meeting at 5 p.m. Monday to consider the police department’s fate.

Crocker, said if the council and Sawyer decide to reinstate the department, “I suggest all felony matters be handled by the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office and/or the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.”

A Cullman County grand jury recommended the force be disbanded.