The Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) Information Portal is an interactive data visualization tool that provides the public with an unprecedented means of engaging and understanding City of Chicago data. OIG’s Center for Information Technology & Analytics (CITA) compiles large data sets for statistical models, trends, predictions, and analyses that enable OIG to develop cases, conduct […]
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OIG Finds That Some City Council Committees Have Not Maintained Complete Employee Records and Allow Committee Personnel to Perform Non-Committee Duties
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit of City Council committee spending and employee administration, which found that some City Council committees have not maintained complete employee records in accord with the records retention requirements of the Municipal Code of Chicago (MCC) and the Illinois Local Records Act. Additionally, OIG identified some committee […]
Read MoreOIG’s Second Audit of the Chicago Fire Department’s Fire and Emergency Medical Service Response Times Finds That the Department Does Not Implement Best Practices for Evaluating Response Times and Has Not Corrected Previous Data Concerns
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed a second audit of the Chicago Fire Department’s (CFD) fire and emergency medical service (EMS) response times. The first audit was published in 2013. Similar to the 2013 audit’s objectives, OIG wanted to determine if CFD has goals and performance measures for fire and […]
Read MoreThe Office of Inspector General is the First Agency in the City of Chicago Found to be in Full Compliance with All Requirements of the Consent Decree Entered in Illinois v. Chicago
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) and its Public Safety section have achieved full compliance with all requirements and have met all corresponding deadlines in the consent decree entered in Illinois v. Chicago. OIG is the first City Department to achieve full compliance with all consent decree obligations; its compliance is reported in Independent Monitoring […]
Read MoreInspector General’s 2021 Statement to Chicago City Council
OPENING STATEMENT FOR THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL, 2022 BUDGET HEARINGS Madame Chair and Members of the City Council: Thank you for the opportunity to appear before the City Council Committee on Budget and Government Operations and to submit the following opening statement. Since our last annual Budget Committee hearing, OIG has continued to execute its […]
Read MoreOIG Finds That ShotSpotter Alerts Rarely Lead to Evidence of a Gun-Related Crime and That Presence of the Technology Changes Police Behavior
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) Public Safety section has issued a report on the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) use of ShotSpotter acoustic gunshot detection technology and CPD’s response to ShotSpotter alert notifications. OIG concluded from its analysis that CPD responses to ShotSpotter alerts can seldom be shown to lead to investigatory […]
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