UPDATE: SRS security contractor responds to concerns about weapons stockpile

AIKEN, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - On Tuesday, we told you about a scathing federal audit that found serious problems with how the private security force at the Savannah River Site handled thousands of pieces of high‑risk gear – including guns, ammo, explosives and body armor.The Oct. 6 report from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Inspector General says Centerra‑Savannah River Site, the private paramilitary force that protects SRS, failed to label about 5,700 items as “high‑risk” in its property system. Those items – worth about $5.6 million – included weapons, ammunition, explosives, body armor and respirator masks. Auditors also found body armor vests that had been sent out for destruction were still being counted as if they were on the shelf, and only 327 of 470 vests could be confirmed destroyed.On Wednesday, we heard from Centerra.A Centerra‑SRS spokesperson tells News 12 that “at no time was accountable equipment lost.” The company says the issues were with how items were labeled