comments New York City's Department of Investigation released a report into the NYPD's handling of summer protests over the death of George Floyd Paul DiGiacomo, president of the Detectives' Endowment Association, issued a statement on Friday slamming the report 'The irony that the DOI Commissioner is appointed directly by the Mayor of New York City should not be lost on anyone,' DiGiacomo said The report found that the NYPD deployed officers without sufficient training on policing protests Investigators also found that police used excessive force including baton and pepper spray use, mass arrests and encircling protesters, known as 'kettling'