inspector general
noun
: a person who heads an inspectorate or a system of inspection (as of an army)
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As of this week, the city faces an unprecedented three vacancies in key LAPD leadership and oversight positions: chief, inspector general and executive director of the Board of Police Commissioners.
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Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
With it, lawmakers would allocate roughly $550 million to the Justice Department and leading inspectors general to bolster their oversight of federal spending.
—Tony Romm, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
Last year, the city's inspector general recommended the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office bring criminal charges against Spencer and Deputy City Attorney Odalo Ohiku after concluding Ohiku was allowed to do work for his law firm while on the city clock.
—Daniel Bice, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2024
The other panel was made up of former and current members of the Community Review Commission, a body that collaborates with the inspector general and works to increase transparency in the Sheriff’s Office.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024
The inspector general report calls that assertion into question.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2024
The previous inspector general quietly resigned at the end of August.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024
Working late at night with practically no supervision, Teixeira was able to copy classified information by hand or print out documents and remove them from his workplace, the inspector general found.
—Aaron Schaffer, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
Weeks later, Judge McAfee was named state inspector general by Governor Kemp, who would also face Mr. Trump’s ire for declining to help overturn his narrow loss to Joseph R. Biden in Georgia.
—Richard Fausset, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
With it, lawmakers would allocate roughly $550 million to the Justice Department and leading inspectors general to bolster their oversight of federal spending.
—Tony Romm, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
Last year, the city's inspector general recommended the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office bring criminal charges against Spencer and Deputy City Attorney Odalo Ohiku after concluding Ohiku was allowed to do work for his law firm while on the city clock.
—Daniel Bice, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2024
The other panel was made up of former and current members of the Community Review Commission, a body that collaborates with the inspector general and works to increase transparency in the Sheriff’s Office.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024
The inspector general report calls that assertion into question.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2024
The previous inspector general quietly resigned at the end of August.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024
Working late at night with practically no supervision, Teixeira was able to copy classified information by hand or print out documents and remove them from his workplace, the inspector general found.
—Aaron Schaffer, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
Weeks later, Judge McAfee was named state inspector general by Governor Kemp, who would also face Mr. Trump’s ire for declining to help overturn his narrow loss to Joseph R. Biden in Georgia.
—Richard Fausset, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
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