A damning review of the Chicago Police Department is expected to roll out over the coming days, which was confirmed by the Chicago Tribune, who was given an 18-page draft of the executive summary on Wednesday. Wrongful convictions, coerced confessions, physical and verbal abuse, and false imprisonment were some of the facets of corruption that the Police Accountability Task Force identifies having resulted in decades of "lives lost and countless more damaged," in the report.  Racism, the findings suggest, continues to lay at the root of much of the injustice that has occurred at the hands of the city's police.
"There is substantial evidence that people of color, particularly African-Americans, have had disproportionately negative experiences with the police over an extended period of time," the PATF wrote, calling the community's distrust of local law enforcement justified. "There is also substantial evidence that these experiences continue today through significant disparate impacts associated with the use of force, foot and traffic stops and bias in the police oversight system itself."
The establishment of the task force, which was created to evaluate the nature and effectiveness of accountability, oversight, and training in the Chicago PD, dates back to December. This came after weeks of public unrest over the release of video recording the police shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.  The 13-month-old footage sparked a national outcry that called for the firing of CPD superintendent Garry McCarthy and state attorney Anita Alvarez, who failed to charge officer Jason Van Dyke for 400 days after the killing.  The controversy amounted to a firestorm for Mayor Rahm Emmanuel, who saw a growing chorus of voices calling for his resignation.   
Recommendations made by the five-member PATF panel moving forward is the insistence that Emanuel's administration abolish the Independent Police Review Authority, and publicly acknowledge the Chicago Police Department's role in the historical and present magnitude of discrimination experienced by the community.  Furthermore, the task force suggests the administration:
•"Reinvigorate community policing as a core philosophy," while replacing CAPS with a plan for commanders to interact with community stakeholders at the district level.
•Create the post of deputy chief of diversity and inclusion in CPD.
•Create a "smart 911 system" that would allow city residents to pre-enter information on mental-health issues that could assist first-responders who arrive at a particular address or interact with a particular person.
Additional recommendations, along with greater detail of the reviews findings, are anticipated to come after the publishing of the Police Accountability Task Force's full report.