The Public Safety section of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an inquiry into two Chicago Police Department (CPD) strategies to support members’ mental health and wellbeing: (1) the Peer Support Program (PSP) and (2) the responsibility of frontline supervisors to monitor their officers’ mental health and refer them to services as needed. OIG’s […]
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OIG Releases Third Quarter 2022 Report
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released its third quarter report to City Council, which summarizes the Office’s activity from July 1, 2022 through September 30, 2022, and contains details of concluded investigations, evaluations, audits, and other activities. When OIG investigates and sustains allegations of misconduct, it issues summary reports of […]
Read MoreOIG Finds That Shortcomings in the City’s Collection of Data Regarding Police-Related Litigation Compromise Risk Management Strategies
The Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) Public Safety section has completed an inquiry regarding the Department of Law (DOL) and the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) collection of data related to lawsuits involving CPD and its members. Based on the review of payments for settlements and judgments of CPD-involved cases from January 1, 2017 through December […]
Read MoreOIG Releases Second Annual Budget Explainer
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released its second annual Budget Explainer, which summarizes the sources, allocation, and the overall appropriation of funds for the Chicago Police Department (CPD) for the fiscal year (FY) of 2022. CPD is the City of Chicago’s largest department, and a large percentage of the City’s […]
Read MoreOIG Finds That Chicago Police Department Members Were Scheduled to Work 11 or More Consecutive Days, State of Scheduling Data Impedes Analysis
The Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) Public Safety section has completed an analysis of scheduling information for Chicago Police Department (CPD) members between April 1, 2022, and May 31, 2022, including the cancellation of sworn CPD members’ regular days off. OIG concluded that cohorts of CPD members were scheduled to work 11 or more consecutive […]
Read MoreOIG Finds That the Department of Buildings’ Process for Inspecting Construction Work Allows Some Permit Holders to Construct and Occupy Uninspected Buildings
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit of the Department of Buildings’ (DOB) inspection process for construction work subject to permit requirements. OIG concluded that DOB does not have a process in place to determine which permits require inspections or which inspections remain outstanding. Rather, DOB relies on requests from permit holders to […]
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