Federal officials announced on Sunday that the U.S. Department of Justice will conduct a “comprehensive review” of the San Francisco Police Department, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Five SFPD officers shot and killed Mario Woods, a black man, in contested circumstances last December.

DOJ said it began the review after being invited to do so by San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and Police Chief Gregory Suhr, the Associated Press reports. The investigation will take two years, with reports issued every six months.

“This can be the first step in healing the division between the minority communities and the Police Department,” Woods’ family attorney John Burris said Sunday. “Of course, the investigation should be without limitations and should allow for a wide open investigation into the circumstances surrounding the shooting and the policies, procedures and training, and let the chips fall where they may.”

Early last year, a group of more than a dozen San Francisco police officers were found to have exchanged racist, homophobic text messages—prompting the review of some 100,000 convictions for “potential bias.”

Suhr said that the department will cooperate fully with the review.

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