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 Finds That the Civilian Office of Police Accountability Is Not in Compliance with the City’s Video Release Policy for Use-of-Force Incidents
The Public Safety Section of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a review which finds that the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) is not in full compliance with the Video Release Policy (the Policy), which requires that the City publicly release video and audio files and certain police documents related to use-of-force incidents […]
Read MoreOIG 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 MoreOIG Finds That the Department of Streets and Sanitation Does Not Meet Its Goals for Weed-Cutting, Impacting Safety and Services
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit of the Department of Streets and Sanitation’s (DSS) weed-cutting program, which determined that DSS does not meet its goals for mowing all City-owned vacant land at least four times during the growing season (May 1-October 31) and addressing all overgrown weed complaints within six weeks. DSS […]
Read MoreOIG Releases Second Quarter 2020 Report
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released its second quarter report for 2020 to City Council. The report summarizes the Office’s activity from April 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020. This quarter’s report contains summaries of concluded investigations, inquiries, and other activities, including: An OIG investigation which established that the Chicago […]
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, […]
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