The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed an audit of the Department of Fleet and Facility Management’s (2FM) maintenance of the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) 3,000-plus vehicle fleet, which found that 2FM did not meet the industry standard of at least 95% fleet availability in 2017. Fleet “availability” is a management […]
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OIG Audit of the Department of Law Finds Months-Long Delays in Providing Notice of Sanitation Code Violations Due to Errors in Property Ownership Data and Backlogs of Violations
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed an audit of the Department of Law’s (DOL) process for notifying people of sanitation code violations cited by the Department of Streets and Sanitation (DSS), such as overflowing garbage containers or uncut weeds, which finds that DOL took an average of 289 days—more than […]
Read MoreOIG Releases Advisory Concerning Streets and Sanitation Providing Inconsistent Free Garbage Collection to Certain Nonprofits
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 […]
Read MoreOIG 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 […]
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