The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has found that the municipal license plate inventory the Department of Assets, Information and Services (AIS) manages does not match the Illinois Secretary of State (ILSOS) database of municipal plates issued to the City, with approximately 7,000 municipal license plates unaccounted for at AIS. Without an […]
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OIG Follow-Up Finds That the Chicago Police Department Has Partially Implemented Some Changes in Its Random Review Procedures for Body-Worn Camera Recordings
The Public Safety section of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed a follow-up to its July 2019 Evaluation of the Chicago Police Department’s Random Reviews of Body-Worn Camera (BWC) Recordings. Based on responses from the Chicago Police Department (CPD), OIG concludes that the Department has partially implemented corrective actions; it has yet to […]
Read MoreOIG Finds That the Disciplinary Grievance Procedure for Chicago Police Department Members Lacks Transparency and Consistency
The Public Safety section of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a review of the disciplinary grievance procedure for members of the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and found that it suffers from deficits of transparency and consistency, and that there are significant shortcomings in practices and outcomes. The disciplinary grievance procedure is complex and […]
Read MoreOIG Statement Regarding Complaint Archive Ordinance Proposal
In April 2021, Inspector General Joseph Ferguson and Deputy Inspector General for Public Safety Deborah Witzburg testified before the City Council regarding a proposed ordinance which would enable the Office of Inspector General to create of a public repository of police disciplinary records. That legislation––crafted by Ald. Scott Waguespack in collaboration with police and government […]
Read MoreSignificant Activity Report: United States v. Patrick Daley Thompson
On May 13, 2021, Patrick Daley Thompson, Alderman of the 11th Ward, entered a plea of not guilty to all counts at an arraignment conducted by the Honorable Franklin U. Valderrama. Thompson was indicted on federal charges, including five counts of willfully filing a false income tax return (26 U.S.C. 7206(1)) and two counts of […]
Read MoreOIG Public Safety Section Issues Second Interim Report on the Chicago Police Department’s Execution of Search Warrants
The Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) Public Safety section has issued a second interim report on the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) execution of search warrants, examining data on search warrants issued from 2017 to 2020. OIG aims to better equip stakeholders––to the extent feasible given the quality of CPD’s data––with clear and accurate information during […]
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