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 […]
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OIG 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 MoreDeputy Inspector General for Public Safety Nominee’s 2022 Statement to Chicago Public Safety Committee
Opening Statement of Tobara Richardson, 2022 Public Safety Committee Nomination, September 16, 2022 To Chairman Taliaferro, Vice Chair Osterman, and Members of the Public Safety Committee: Thank you for your time and consideration. It is an honor to be nominated for the position of Chicago’s Deputy Inspector General for Public Safety. I am confident that […]
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 […]
Read MoreInspector General Witzburg to Nominate Tobara Richardson To Serve as Deputy Inspector General for Public Safety
Deborah Witzburg, Inspector General for the City of Chicago, will nominate Tobara Richardson for the position of Deputy Inspector General for Public Safety. Richardson currently serves as Counsel to the Illinois Attorney General on Social Justice and Equity. She has more than a decade of experience as a criminal prosecutor, having worked both as an […]
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