Committee debates requiring city employees to report suspected fraud, waste and abuse to Inspector General

The Neighborhoods, Community Services, Public Health and Safety Committee discussed a proposal to require all city employees to report suspected fraud, waste and abuse to the Office of the Inspector General during its meeting.

Committee members said the proposal would expand reporting beyond elected officials to include frontline and administrative staff who encounter potential misconduct in daily work. Council Member Miller, a sponsor of the measure, said the change is meant to “encourage people to report” and to reduce a current disparity that limits reporting requirements to elected officials.

Brandon King, an investigator with the Office of the Inspector General, told the committee the policy mirrors practices in other inspector general offices and is intended as a broad…