In addressing reporters, Johnson nodded at reform as the department has pledged to correct years of widespread department failings that were documented by the U.S. Department of Justice in a scathing report released early last year. It concluded that the department had engaged in civil rights violations against African-Americans and Hispanics, and failed to properly investigate or punish officers for misconduct. The report found that trust with the community was broken and that the department was also failing its officers with inadequate and shoddy training practices.