Category Archives: Public Statements

Madame Chair and Members of the City Council: Thank you for the opportunity to appear before the City Council Committee on Budget and Government Operations and to submit the following opening statement. During 2020, the inspector general function at the national level has come under attack prompted by executive reaction to the independence of its […]

Thank you, Committee Chairs and Members, for the opportunity to speak to you this morning on the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) review of the Chicago Police Department’s management of School Resource Officers (SROs) assigned to Chicago Public Schools (CPS). In many communities across the nation, sworn local law enforcement personnel are assigned to public […]

Thank you, Committee Chairs and members, for the opportunity to speak to you this morning on the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) audit of the Juvenile Intervention and Support Center (JISC). The JISC operates as a partnership between the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS), implemented to divert youth […]

Opening Statement of Deborah Witzburg, 2020 Public Safety Committee Nomination, June 3, 2020 To Chairman Taliaferro, Vice Chair Osterman, and Members of the Public Safety Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to be here today. I am honored to have been nominated to serve as the City’s Deputy Inspector General for Public Safety, and I am […]

Opening Statement of the Inspector General, Public Safety Committee Nomination of Deborah Witzburg, June 3, 2020 Good Afternoon Chairman Taliaferro, Vice-Chairman Osterman, and Members of the Public Safety Committee: I am honored and pleased to submit for your consideration the nomination of Deborah Witzburg for the position of Deputy Inspector General of the Public Safety Section […]

OPENING STATEMENT FOR THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL, 2020 BUDGET HEARINGS Madame Chair and Members of the City Council: The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has had a busy 2019 with plans for an even busier 2020, in its continuing effort to fully inhabit its statutory mission to promote economy, effectiveness, efficiency, and integrity in City […]