CHICAGO (AP) - A city watchdog has concluded in a scathing report that the Chicago Police Department failed in its response to the violence last year in the wake of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis police custody.
The Office of Inspector General concludes that the department's top brass was unprepared for the violence that erupted and did not provide officers on the front lines of the violence with nearly enough guidance of what they should be doing.
It found evidence that officers failed to turn on body cameras and even covered their name plates.
The report said those things would cause lasting damage to a department already trying to regain public trust.
The Chicago Police Department said it undertook its own review and did not agree with all of the IG’s conclusions.
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