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 […]
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OIG 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, […]
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 […]
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