Deval Patrick to advise task force on Chicago police

The Boston Globe reports:

Former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick will serve as a senior adviser to a task force that will scrutinize Chicago police in the wake of the shooting of Laquan McDonald, the Chicago mayor’s office announced.

Patrick is a Chicago native who also served as an assistant attorney general in the civil rights division under President Bill Clinton.

Patrick will advise a five-member panel reviewing police accountability, oversight, and training, the mayor’s office said Tuesday.

“In light of recent events, the community’s confidence in the police and in the system of accountability must be rebuilt,” Patrick, who was hired in April to run a social impact fund at Bain Capital, said in a statement released Tuesday.

Deval Patrick has a big challenge here.