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 […]
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OIG Makes Recommendations to Ensure that Disciplinary Investigations by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability and the Chicago Police Department’s Bureau of Internal Affairs Are More Effective, Transparent, and Accurate
The Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) Public Safety Section has issued recommendations to inform and improve disciplinary investigations conducted by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) and the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) Bureau of Internal Affairs (BIA) concerning proper training, thorough search criteria, and adequate documentation and supervisory review. With both COPA and BIA, […]
Read MoreOIG Follow-Up Finds That the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners Has Made Changes, but Clear Financial Policies and a Formal Cost Allocation Framework Still Haven’t Been Created
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed a follow-up to its January 2019 Audit of the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners (CBOEC). Based on the Board’s responses, we conclude that CBOEC has fully implemented 5 of the 19 audit recommendations, substantially implemented 5, partially implemented 5, and not implemented 4. The […]
Read MoreInspector General Statement to the Joint Committee on Budget and Government Operations, Ethics and Government Oversight, and Public Safety Regarding the Juvenile Intervention Support Center
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 […]
Read MoreOIG Finds That the Chicago Department of Transportation Does Not Have a Traffic Signal Management Plan and Cannot Ensure That Signals Are Optimized to Promote Traffic Safety, Reduce Congestion, or Minimize Air Pollution
The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed an audit of the Chicago Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) traffic signal planning practices, which found that CDOT does not have a traffic signal management plan for the 2,834 signalized intersections it manages across the city. Additionally, CDOT has not established program objectives or performance […]
Read MoreOIG Finds That the Chicago Police Department Cannot Produce All Relevant and Responsive Records in its Possession nor Ensure That it is Meeting its Lawful Obligations, Due to a Lack of Resources and Inadequate Management of Record-Keeping
The Public Safety section of the City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) completed a review of the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) processes for managing and producing its records for criminal prosecution and civil litigation arising out of law enforcement activities. OIG’s review found that the Department’s records management practices are inadequate to ensure […]
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