The Department of Justice has released its long anticipated findings stemming from its probe into the Philadelphia police department, concluding there is "significant strife between the community and the department."

According to Philly.com, the investigation was prompted by a string of deadly police shootings over the last several years. In all, federal officials issued 48 findings and made 91 recommendations for the department to consider, all of them aimed at "reforming its deadly force practices."

Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey vowed the department will immediately began moving to implement the reforms, adding that some of them are already underway. "It's a good report with a lot of solid recommendations," he added.

The number of local police shootings soared in 2012, resulting in numerous civil rights lawsuits and prompting Ramsey to request that DOJ officials conduct a study of the department aimed at improving police relations with the public.

According to NBC.com, since 2007 officers have been involved in nearly 400 different shootings.

"Incidents involving discourtesy, use of force, and allegations of bias by [police] officers leave segments of the community feeling disenfranchised and distrustful of the police department," officials outlined in the report. "Distrust in the ability of the [police department] to investigate itself pervades segments of the community."

Written by the nonprofit Virginia-based CNA Corporation, the report also concluded officers need more alternatives to shooting people during deadly confrontations. It also highlighted officers are not adequately trained on the use of nonlethal methods, such as the use of Tasers or pepper spray.

The 174-page report also found that regulations and training for when officers should discharge their weapon is "too infrequent, lacks the appropriate concepts, and, at times, lacks standards."

Ramsey later added he now plans to meet with Advisory Commission executive director Kelvyn Anderson to devise a plan paving the way for the department to release data on officer-involved shootings going back as far as 2007.

"Those reports should be public," said Anderson, adding that there is "a huge disconnect" between department's current policy and the changes now being recommended for it by DOJ officials.