Investigative report condemned police department as being stuck in ‘the dark ages’ for absence of method to track exhaust of force and failure to discipline officersNew York City police on Thursday announced a recent policy requiring officers to report nearly every time they exhaust force,shortly after a watchdog condemned the department’s inability to track such instances and its failure to discipline officers who used excessive force.“NYPD was living a itsy-bitsy bit in the dark ages,” said Philip Eure, or the recent York police inspector general,as he released an investigative report about the department.
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Source: theguardian.com