JOSEPH M FERGUSON INSPECTOR GENERAL
CITY Olr CHICAGO OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 740 NORTH SEDGWICK STREET, SUITE 200 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60654 TELEPHONE (773) 478-7799 FAX (773) 478-3949
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 2018, filed with the City Council pursuant to Section 2-56-120 ofthe Municipal Code of Chicago.
The recently concluded quarter resulted in reports and dispositions regarding a diverse array of administrative and programmatic matters which include the disclosure of sensitive law enforcement information by a 911 center police communications officer, sexual misconduct, criminal theft and misappropriation, as well as misadministration of-Special Service Area (SSA) funds, and bribe solicitation by a contract parking enforcement officer, in addition to employee residency violations and time fraud, all of which are summarized in the report below.
Such matters are often viewed through a public lens jaundiced by the troubling fraying of behavioral norms by government actors and factionally-based fracturing of the institutions of government, most particularly at the national level. The identification and reporting of dispositions relating to individual misconduct or audit and review findings of program or operational shortcomings are readily processed as confirmation for those inclined to a dim view of government. That-is as understandable as it is unfortunate. In these challenging times, municipal governments, particularly in large, complex cities such as ours, are the real innovators and problem solvers for many of our society's greatest challenges. Viewed in that light, our quarterly reports might be better understood as confirmation of a government that cares to be better, working diligently from within to improve, wheth...
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