Fraud Advisory

OIG has been made aware of a fraudulent letter purporting to be from “Lisa A. Judge, Washington State Auditor and Inspector General”. That office does not exist and the letter misrepresents Seattle Inspector General Lisa Judge. A sample of the letter can be found here. This is not a legitimate correspondence from the City of Seattle Inspector General. If you have information about this matter or receive communication of this sort, please feel free to reach out to the FBI's IC3, the FBI Seattle office, and the Washington State Office of the Attorney General (for businesses) to make a report.

OIG Reports

Published Reports

OIG Annual, Semi-annual, and Quarterly Reports

Dec 16, 2022 - 2023 OIG Work Plan
Dec 16, 2022 - 2021 OIG Annual Report
Dec 30, 2021 - 2022 OIG Work Plan
Nov. 24, 2021 - 2020 OIG Annual Report
Dec. 21, 2020 - 2021 OIG Work Plan
July 14, 2020 - Quarterly Review of OPA - Q1 2020
May 14, 2020 - 2019 OIG Annual Report
Dec. 31, 2019 - 2020 OIG Work Plan
May 31, 2019 - OPA Auditor Report
Apr. 4, 2019 - 2019 OIG Work Plan

Police Intelligence Audits SMC 14.12

June 21, 2019 - 2018 Chapter 14.12 Compliance Audit

Surveillance SMC 14.18

Nov. 19, 2020 - Systemic Risks to Compliance with Chapter 14.18 of Seattle Municipal Code Alert Letter
Sept. 30, 2020 - 2019 Annual Surveillance Usage Review
Jan. 27, 2020 - 2018 Annual Surveillance Usage Review

Use of Force and Crowd Management

May 13, 2022 - Crowd Psychology, Policing and Interactional Dynamics: Analyzing the Early Stages of the 2020 Protests in the City of Seattle
March 14, 2022 - Sentinel Event Review of Police Response to 2020 Protests in Seattle Wave 2
July 22, 2021 - Sentinel Event Review of Police Response to 2020 Protests in Seattle Wave 1
Feb. 18, 2021 - SPD Response to Persons in Crisis Letter
Nov. 3, 2020 - Joint Partner Statement on Election Day
Oct. 15, 2020 - Joint Partner Letter on FIT Gap
Aug. 14, 2020 - Review of SPD Crowd Dispersal Policies and Less Lethal Weapons
June 12, 2020 - Less Lethal Weapons Usage in Protests Memo
June 5, 2020 - Accountability Mass Demonstration Memo
July 31, 2019 - Force Review Board Assessment

Traffic

Jan. 14, 2022 - Traffic violations press release - MEMORANDA
Jan. 14, 2022 - Letter to Inspector General Lisa Judge - MEMORANDA
Jan. 9, 2022 - Diaz Request to Deprioritize First Phase Violations - MEMORANDA
May 18, 2021 - Letter to Chief Diaz About Minor Traffic Offenses - MEMORANDA

Discipline

Nov. 30, 2021 - Audit of Disciplinary System for SPD Sworn Personnel - AUDIT REPORT
July 8, 2019 - SPD Disciplinary Process - POLICY REPORT

Operations

Oct. 18, 2022 - Use of Deception in Public Safety Roundtable Memo
Apr. 15, 2022 - Review of Systemic Non-Compliance with COVID-19 Masking Requirements Among SPD Personnel
Aug. 4, 2021 - Audit of Secure Firearm Storage in Training Facilities
Feb. 18, 2021 - Pursuit Policy Alert Letter
Dec. 17, 2020 - Audit of Destruction of Post-Conviction DNA Evidence
June 24, 2020 - Audit of SPD Patrol Canine Teams
May 8, 2020 - IAPro Information Memo
May 23, 2019 - Firearms Inventory Controls Review
Apr. 29, 2019 - Crime Stoppers Memo to Chief Best
Mar. 18, 2019 - Evaluation of SPD Disparity Review Methodology
Sept. 26, 2018 - Peer Intervention Memo to Chief Best

OPA Reviews and OIG Investigations

Apr. 7, 2021 - Closed Case Summary 2020OIG-0004
Feb. 16, 2021 - Closed Case Summary 2020OIG-0005

SPOG/SPMA Contract Recommendations

Jan. 27, 2020 - SPOG Contract Negotiations Feedback to CM Herbold
Dec. 5, 2019 - SPMA Contract Recommendations
Oct. 26, 2018 - SPOG Contract Impacts Memo to CM Gonzalez