Metro

NYPD gets new inspector general

The NYPD has a new watchdog — with a lot of bite.

Investigation Commissioner Mark Peters on Friday is set to tap Philip Eure to serve in a new, wide-ranging and controversial oversight post at the police department, according to law enforcement sources.

Eure has served as executive director of Washington, DC’s Office of Police Complaints since 2000, according to his online bio.

In his new inspector general role, Eure will lead an office charged with investigating, reviewing, studying, auditing and making recommendations about all NYPD operations, policies and practices.

The powerful position was passed into law by the City Council in August over the objections of then-Mayor Mike Bloomberg, and despite opposition from top police brass and union officials.

Supporters said the position was necessary in light of complaints about the NYPD’s implementation of stop-and-frisk, which affected hundreds of thousands of innocent New Yorkers for years.

But opponents argued that the NYPD already has a slew of oversight — including from the Civilian Complaint Review Board and internal affairs bureau — and that additional bureaucracy and second-guessing would hamper police work.

The NYPD will also have a federal monitor who would solely oversee stop-and-frisk procedures for the next three years, based on a court settlement sought by Mayor Bill de Blasio.

The law enacted by the City Council last August also requires the inspector general to provide summaries and reports of the office’s work to various government officials, and for the NYPD to post the findings publicly online.

The first such annual summary is due April 1, 2015.