The city has reportedly wasted millions of dollars on global positioning systems for its fire and sanitation trucks, according to two new audits by City Comptroller John Liu.

Liu says the pricey systems are faulty, showing tracking information that sometimes indicated the trucks were in the water.

Liu says the units installed in garbage trucks sometimes cost more than the trucks themselves.

He says the Fire Department spent more than $7 million to outfit fire and EMS vehicles, which works out to more than $10,000 per unit.

The Fire Department says the units have saved lives by decreasing response times.

After last year’s blizzard, sanitation officials decided to install GPS-equipped cell phones in more than 2,000 vehicles at a much lower cost.

(Source: NY1)