The NYPD rejected nearly 40 percent of the reforms recommended by its independent watchdog last year, according to statistics released Monday by the city Department of Investigation.
Inspector General Philip Eure issued three reports during 2018 that faulted the NYPD for failing to completely document the use of force by cops, properly staff its sex-crimes division and analyze brutality and false-arrest suits to improve policies and procedures.
But while Eure came up with 42 specific recommendations, the department rejected 16 — 11 of which involve the “use of force” reporting system that was revamped in 2016, according to the DOI.
The NYPD changed the reporting system after Eure blasted police brass for not disciplining cops who used excessive force against suspects and even innocent civilians.
But his follow-up report last year found that cops weren’t consistently using a new “Force Used” dropdown box on computerized arrest reports, “resulting in an underreporting” which Eure said undercut NYPD claims that only 1.3 percent of arrests involved violence by cops.
“Tracking NYPD’s implementation of our recommendations is vital to sustaining reform,” Eure said.
Eure was named the NYPD’s first inspector general in 2014, after a federal judge found the department violated the civil rights of minorities through its use of the “stop-and-frisk” anti-crime tactic.
City Hall referred questions to the NYPD, which said it works closely with the DOI and has made a number of changes recommended by the inspector general.
“The NYPD takes every recommendation from the [Office of Inspector General] seriously, and reviews them carefully,” a police spokeswoman said.