While “Courtesy, Professionalism, and Respect” is the motto of the NYPD, a new report issued Tuesday by the city’s Department of Investigation accuses top police officials of being “unprofessional,” “inappropriate” and “inflammatory.”

“Sometimes some of the people we’re talking to only understand that kind of language,” NYPD Chief of Department John Chell said on NY1 in April 2024.

The kind of language he’s referring to are mean tweets from the itchy twitter fingers of senior NYPD officials.

Posts from last year targeted judges, a politician, commentators and reporters. Those were the subject of the DOI report.

“I think unprofessional, mocking, demeaning would all be appropriate characterizations of the statements that were made,” DOI Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber said.

Deputy Police Commissioner Kaz Daughtry made reference to a “revolving door of NYC criminal justice.”

Chell, who was chief of patrol at the time, called out a judge by name, which was later found to be the wrong judge.

“You take unnecessary risks with the safety of the folks you are identifying,” Strauber said.

The NYPD’s main X account broadcast an insulting nickname for columnist Harry Siegel, calling him deceitful. There was also an exchange between Chell and Councilwoman Tiffany Caban, a Democratic Socialist.

Caban called NYPD actions during pro-Palestinian protests “fascism,” which the DOI concluded was “extreme and inflammatory language.”

Chell responsed to Caban’s statement, saying it was garbage, and that Caban “hates our city.” The DOI report determined that remark “only served to further escalate the hostility.”

“They encouraged, I think what I would describe as an unproductive dialogue — did not serve the public well,” Strauber said.

The report also cited an exchange involving NY1 political anchor Errol Louis.

The NYPD’s social media policies were also scrutinized, with the DOI concluding the NYPD’s practices were out of line with a citywide social media policy.

“We don’t exist here to sort of police people’s communications. The critical conclusion that we made here is that there should be a process in place here of oversight and review,” Strauber said.

But at the time, it fit the Mayor Eric Adams’ PR policy.

“Standing by and [continuing] to allow people to just take open shots at the men and women who place their lives on the line, it’s just not acceptable,” Adams said.

The pugilistic posting stopped in May 2024. The NYPD said in a statement that it has made changes. For instance, it’s now policy to not personally tag and criticize individuals.