With recent media attention to excessive force by the police department New York is changing the rules after most recently tennis star James Blake was assaulted by a police officer. Officers will have to report when all instances of force are used. 

For more information: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/01/445001338/new-york-police-department-announces-new-use-of-force-rules

Also related: http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/10/01/433229181/henry-dumas-wrote-about-black-people-killed-by-cops-then-he-was-killed-by-a-cop