City of Chicago Office of Inspector General

In April 2019, the City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a report on the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD) so-called “gang database.” OIG reported that CPD captured, reported, and visualized gang data and gang affiliation designations in at least 18 different forms, records...

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit assessing the Chicago Fire Department’s (CFD) policies and practices related to discrimination and sexual harassment. The objectives of the audit were to determine if CFD’s discrimination and sexual harassment prevention, reporting, and...

On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was killed by the Minneapolis, Minnesota police. In the days that followed, protests and civil unrest engulfed cities across the country. The law enforcement response to those events, across the country and in Chicago, has been the subject of intense public and official...

The Public Safety Section of the City of Chicago’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has concluded a review of the Chicago Police Department’s gang-related data, commonly referred to by the public as the “gang database.” OIG found that while the Chicago Police Department (CPD or the “Department”)...

The Public Safety Section of the City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted a compliance evaluation of the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD or the Department) review of randomly selected body-worn camera (BWC) recordings. Under Special Order S03-14 (the Special Order), the directive...

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed a review of the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD or the Department) processes for managing and producing its records for criminal prosecution and civil litigation arising out of law enforcement activities. CPD is involved in both criminal and civil...

The Public Safety Section of the City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has concluded a compliance evaluation of the City of Chicago’s release of materials pursuant to its Video Release Policy (Policy). The Policy requires that the City publicly release, within 60 days of incident,...

The City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) has completed an evaluation of the Chicago Police Department’s (CPD or the Department) compliance with its policy regarding post-incident requirements for members who discharge their firearms, on- or off-duty. Under General Order G03-02-03, CPD...

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an evaluation of the use of the affidavit override in disciplinary investigations of Chicago Police Department (CPD) members conducted by CPD’s Bureau of Internal Affairs, CPD District and Unit accountability sergeants, the Independent Police Review...

An OIG inquiry has determined that the Department of Streets and Sanitation (DSS) is violating the Municipal Code of Chicago (MCC) by providing free garbage collection service to at least 1,182 nonprofit entities. Section 7-28-235 of the MCC, effective January 1, 2016, requires all recipients of...