The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed an audit of the Department of Human Resources’ (DHR) management of the City employee performance evaluation process. OIG concluded that DHR does not ensure that City departments evaluate all employees and has not clearly defined the roles and responsibilities related to periodic evaluations. As […]
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OIG Advisory Finds That COPA’s Process for Administratively Terminating Disciplinary Investigations Contains Inconsistencies and Inaccuracies
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) Public Safety section has released an advisory to the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) regarding that agency’s practice of administratively terminating police disciplinary investigations short of an investigative finding. OIG found that administrative termination is ill-defined and frequently misapplied, and therefore each investigation in which […]
Read MoreIG Statement to the Joint Commitee on Public Safety and Education and Child Development Regarding the Chicago Police Department’s Management of School Resource Officers in Chicago Public Schools
Thank you, Committee Chairs and Members, for the opportunity to speak to you this morning on the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) review of the Chicago Police Department’s management of School Resource Officers (SROs) assigned to Chicago Public Schools (CPS). In many communities across the nation, sworn local law enforcement personnel are assigned to public […]
Read MoreOIG Makes Recommendations to Ensure that Disciplinary Investigations by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability and the Chicago Police Department’s Bureau of Internal Affairs Are More Effective, Transparent, and Accurate
The Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) Public Safety Section has issued recommendations to inform and improve disciplinary investigations conducted by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) and the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) Bureau of Internal Affairs (BIA) concerning proper training, thorough search criteria, and adequate documentation and supervisory review. With both COPA and BIA, […]
Read MoreInspector General Statement to the Joint Committee on Budget and Government Operations, Ethics and Government Oversight, and Public Safety Regarding the Juvenile Intervention Support Center
Thank you, Committee Chairs and members, for the opportunity to speak to you this morning on the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) audit of the Juvenile Intervention and Support Center (JISC). The JISC operates as a partnership between the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS), implemented to divert youth […]
Read MoreDeputy Inspector General for Public Safety Nominee’s 2020 Statement to Chicago Public Safety Committee
Opening Statement of Deborah Witzburg, 2020 Public Safety Committee Nomination, June 3, 2020 To Chairman Taliaferro, Vice Chair Osterman, and Members of the Public Safety Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to be here today. I am honored to have been nominated to serve as the City’s Deputy Inspector General for Public Safety, and I am […]
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