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 MoreAuthor Archives: Amir Nijem
OIG 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 […]
Read MoreCity Code Requires Mayor to Appoint a Chief Administrative Officer; Longstanding Vacancy in that Position Contributes to Gaps in Interdepartmental Coordination
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 […]
Read MoreFormer 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 More