by Carolyn Bick
A year ago today, the Emerald published its first story on a whistleblower complaint filed against the Office of Inspector General (OIG). That complaint contained serious allegations — including warnings from OIG leadership to staff to avoid criticizing the OPA in writing — not only against Inspector General Lisa Judge but also against now-former Deputy Inspector General Amy Tsai and now-former Office of Police Accountability (OPA) Dir. Andrew Myerberg.
While the Seattle City Council (SCC) appears to be the entity responsible for initiating an investigation into the many allegations within the complaint, it has so far almost completely avoided addressing it. The Emerald wrote a detailed article about the SCC’s role in all of this, which readers can find within this short roundup.
The Emerald has compiled a year-on retrospective — not only for those readers who may have missed these first articles but also to continue to shine a light on the fact that City leadership has taken no action on this complaint. The following is a roundup of articles stemming from the whistleblower complaint, including the original article about the complaint itself. Included here also are tidbits of new information that the Emerald has gathered and which it will be incorporating into forthcoming pieces.
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