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Quarterly Report of the Office of Inspector General third Quarter 2017
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866-1G-TIPLINE (866-448-4754) www.chicaaoinspectorgeneral.ors
Joseph M. Ferguson Inspector General
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
City of Chicago
740 N Sedgwick, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 Telephone: (773) 478-7799 Fax: (773) 478-3949
October 15,2017
To the Mayor, Members of the City Council, the City Clerk, the City Treasurer, and the residents of the City of Chicago:
Enclosed for your review is the public report on the operations of the City of Chicago Office of Inspector General (OIG) during the third quarter of 2017, filed with the City Council pursuant to Section 2-56-120 of the Municipal Code of Chicago.
This quarter resulted in the disposition of significant administrative investigations, among other matters. Most notably, an OIG investigation found four Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) employees mishandled a non-threatening situation that resulted in the physically violent forcible removal of a passenger aboard United Airline Express Flight 3411 on April 9, 2017. Acting on OIG's findings and recommendations, CDA terminated the Aviation Security Officer (ASO) who improperly escalated the incident and an Aviation Security Sergeant found to have been involved in the deliberate removal of material facts from an employee report. CDA, in accordance with OIG findings and recommendations, suspended two other ASOs involved in the incident and its aftermath. CDA also acted on OIG program recommendations with, among other things, a statement of intent "to make completely clear through markings, procedures, and training, that the Avi...
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