The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released an advisory which finds that the Department of Streets and Sanitation (DSS) violated the Municipal Code of Chicago (MCC) by providing free garbage collection to at least 1,182 nonprofit entities. The MCC requires all recipients of City garbage collection service to pay $9.50 per […]
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OIG Public Safety Section Finds the Chicago Police Department Has Not Complied with Requirements for Body-Worn Camera Random Reviews
The Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) Public Safety Section has issued a report regarding the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) non-compliance with the review of randomly selected body-worn camera (BWC) recordings. CPD Special Order S03-14 requires watch operations lieutenants (WOLs) to review one recording daily, across all watches. These reviews enable CPD supervisors to assess whether […]
Read MoreOIG Releases Second Quarter 2019 Report
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released its second quarter report for 2019 to the City Council. The report summarizes the Office’s activity from April 1, 2019 through June 30, 2019. This quarter’s report contains summaries of concluded investigations, inquiries, and other activities, including: An OIG investigation established that a Civilian […]
Read MoreOIG Audit of the Chicago Department of Transportation Finds That the City is Losing More Than $1 Million a Year Due to Incomplete and Inaccurate Commercial Driveway Billing
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed an audit of the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) which finds that the Department either did not bill, or inaccurately billed, an estimated 6,713 permitholders, resulting in an annual revenue loss between $1.1 million and $1.5 million. CDOT also has no confidence that it […]
Read MoreOIG Releases Advisory Concerning Inequities in the Aldermanic Menu Program and Chicago’s Residential Street Infrastructure Management
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released an advisory following up on its 2017 audit of the Aldermanic Menu Program (“Menu”), which found that the City perpetuates significant inequities between wards and underfunds residential street infrastructure needs by approximately $228.8 million annually. The previous administration disagreed with our findings and declined […]
Read MoreOIG Follow-Up Inquiry Finds CPD’s School Resource Officer Program Has Not Fully Implemented Recommendations nor Included Community Stakeholders
The Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) Public Safety Section has issued a follow-up of the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) management of School Resource Officers (SRO) assigned to Chicago Public Schools (CPS). Based on the Department’s responses, OIG concludes that CPD has fully implemented one recommendation and four recommendations still remain pending. Our 2018 review determined […]
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