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 […]
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The 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 MoreOIG Finds That the Public Building Commission is in Compliance with the Chicago Energy Conservation Code and Has Most of the Required Commissioning Documentation, But Documents Were Not Always Accessible to Building Maintenance Staff
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit of the Public Building Commission of Chicago (PBC) to determine if PBC ensures that all required building commissioning documentation is developed and provided to its clients in accordance with the Chicago Energy Conservation Code. OIG concluded that PBC’s projects had most of the required commissioning documentation […]
Read MoreOIG Follow-Up Finds That the Chicago Police Department is Still Unable to Ensure That It Can Meet Its Legal and Constitutional Obligations with Respect to the Management and Production of Records
The Public Safety section of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed a follow-up to its June 2020 review of the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) management and production of records. Based on responses from CPD, OIG concludes that the Department has undertaken almost no corrective actions in response to OIG’s recommendations. As a result, […]
Read MoreOIG Finds That the City’s Process for Designating Municipal Depositories Does Not Ensure Designation of Banks That Provide Equitable Lending and Banking Services Throughout Chicago
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit of the Department of Finance’s (DOF) administration of the process for designating municipal depositories under what is generally referred to as the City’s “responsible banking ordinance” (RBO) and concluded that, although DOF ensures that banks submit all required Request for Proposal (RFP) documentation, it does not […]
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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