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Inspector General warns of curtailed record access; council asks for investigative clarifications
Summary
Inspector General Isabelle Cummings told council members her office has lost some direct access to city systems since January 2023, has issued multiple subpoenas and cannot provide routine case updates; members requested examples of investigative searches, aggregate complaint breakdowns and more transparency on thresholds for opening investigations.
Inspector General Isabelle Cummings told the Public Safety Committee that the Office of Inspector General is largely complaint‑driven and that the office’s ability to access city records has been reduced in ways that limit its investigative tools.
Cummings said the OIG’s hotline receives roughly 800 complaints a year but only a fraction turn into full investigations; the office ran about 40 investigations in the last year. "We do not have the ability to sit around and ... do something like that," she said, describing the office as reactive to complaints. Deputy Inspector General Matt Neal detailed the OIG’s…
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