The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released its third Quarterly Report of 2023, which summarizes concluded investigations, inquiries, intakes, and other operations of OIG, from July 1, 2023, through September 30, 2023. This report has been filed with City Council pursuant to § 2-56-120 of the Municipal Code of Chicago. “This […]
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OIG Finds Missing Data Prevents Accurate Assessment of Police Response Times to 911 Calls
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has published the results of its inquiry into the completeness of the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) 911 call response data, as recorded by CPD and the City’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC). OIG originally set out to evaluate geographic equity in CPD’s response times, […]
Read MoreOIG Finds Success in DFSS’ Procedures to Clean Encampments of People Experiencing Homelessness
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released its audit of the Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS) outreach to encampments of people experiencing homelessness. OIG found that DFSS has found success in rapidly housing encampment residents who wish to pursue permanent housing using a “housing first” approach via its Accelerated […]
Read MoreOIG Second Quarter Report Shines Light on Ethics Investigations, Finds First-Ever Probable Cause Against Sitting Alderperson
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released its second Quarterly Report of 2023, which summarizes concluded investigations, inquiries, intakes, and other operations of OIG, from April 1, 2023, through June 30, 2023. This report has been filed with City Council pursuant to Section 2-56-120 of the Municipal Code of Chicago. Notably, […]
Read MoreOIG Finds Chicago Police Department’s Search Warrant Files Are Incomplete, Paper-based, and Decentralized, Preventing Tracking of Wrong Raids; Proposed Policy Changes May Address Some Shortcomings
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has published the final report in a series from its inquiry into the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) service of residential search warrants. OIG found that, to date, CPD’s maintenance of search warrant files has been incomplete, paper-based, and decentralized, with records housed by individual units and, […]
Read MoreOIG Audit Finds Chicago Department of Public Health Does Not Enforce the Construction and Demolition Debris Recycling Ordinance
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has published the results of its audit of the Chicago Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) enforcement of the City’s construction and demolition (C&D) debris recycling ordinance. The objective of the audit was to determine whether CDPH ensures that contractors who work on construction and demolition projects […]
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