The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released an Advisory Concerning Interdepartmental Coordination and the City’s Administrative Officer Position. The advisory was prompted by OIG’s observations across multiple inquiries from 2019 to 2022 of poor coordination among different City departments and resulting losses of efficiency and effectiveness in City services. In a […]
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Former Chicago Police Department Officer Charged with Multiple Felonies
(CHICAGO) An investigation by the City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG), the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, and the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) Bureau of Internal Affairs has led to felony charges against a former CPD officer. Jeffrey Kriv of Chicago has been charged with four counts of the felony offense of Perjury, […]
Read MoreChicago Department of Planning and Development to Add Measures for Economic Impact in Response to OIG’s Audit of Neighborhood Opportunity Fund Small Grants Program
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released a report on its audit of the Department of Planning and Development’s (DPD) administration of its Neighborhood Opportunity Fund (NOF) Small Grants Program. OIG found a well-administered program that follows its own set of protocols for selecting and monitoring grantees but concluded that DPD […]
Read MoreCity Partially Implements Recommended Changes Per Follow-Up to Municipal Depository Designation Process Audit
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released a follow-up report to its August 2021 audit of the City’s process for designating municipal depositories. Based on the Department of Finance’s (DOF) responses, OIG concludes that DOF has partially implemented the recommended corrective actions related to the audit findings. These changes help ensure […]
Read MoreOIG Found Shortcomings in Two of the Chicago Police Department’s Strategies to Support Members’ Mental Health and Wellness
The Public Safety section of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an inquiry into two Chicago Police Department (CPD) strategies to support members’ mental health and wellbeing: (1) the Peer Support Program (PSP) and (2) the responsibility of frontline supervisors to monitor their officers’ mental health and refer them to services as needed. OIG’s […]
Read MoreOIG Releases Third Quarter 2022 Report
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released its third quarter report to City Council, which summarizes the Office’s activity from July 1, 2022 through September 30, 2022, and contains details of concluded investigations, evaluations, audits, and other activities. When OIG investigates and sustains allegations of misconduct, it issues summary reports of […]
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