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 […]
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OIG 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 MoreOIG Follow-Up Finds That the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners Has Made Changes, but Clear Financial Policies and a Formal Cost Allocation Framework Still Haven’t Been Created
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed a follow-up to its January 2019 Audit of the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners (CBOEC). Based on the Board’s responses, we conclude that CBOEC has fully implemented 5 of the 19 audit recommendations, substantially implemented 5, partially implemented 5, and not implemented 4. The […]
Read MoreOIG Finds That the Chicago Department of Transportation Does Not Have a Traffic Signal Management Plan and Cannot Ensure That Signals Are Optimized to Promote Traffic Safety, Reduce Congestion, or Minimize Air Pollution
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed an audit of the Chicago Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) traffic signal planning practices, which found that CDOT does not have a traffic signal management plan for the 2,834 signalized intersections it manages across the city. Additionally, CDOT has not established program objectives or performance […]
Read MoreOIG Finds That the Chicago Police Department Cannot Produce All Relevant and Responsive Records in its Possession nor Ensure That it is Meeting its Lawful Obligations, Due to a Lack of Resources and Inadequate Management of Record-Keeping
The Public Safety section of the City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) completed a review of the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) processes for managing and producing its records for criminal prosecution and civil litigation arising out of law enforcement activities. OIG’s review found that the Department’s records management practices are inadequate to ensure […]
Read MoreIG Ferguson Nominates Deborah Witzburg as the Deputy Inspector General for Public Safety
The City of Chicago Inspector General has nominated Deborah Witzburg for the position of Deputy Inspector General for Public Safety. Deborah Witzburg currently serves as Associate General Counsel for Public Safety for the City of Chicago Office of the Inspector General (OIG). In this position, Witzburg has advised on legal and constitutional matters related to […]
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