▁fac et ▁of ▁the ▁department ' s ▁compreh ensive ▁system ▁by ▁which ▁is ▁monitor ed ▁and ▁used ▁to ▁evaluate ▁the ▁department ' s ▁performance . ▁There ▁are ▁also ▁pre - COMP STAT ▁brief ings ▁conven ed ▁at ▁the ▁local ▁pat rol ▁bor ough ▁level , ▁P rec inct ▁Management ▁Team ▁meet ings ▁in ▁each ▁prec inct ▁and ▁strategy ▁evaluation ▁projects ▁conducted ▁by ▁ranking ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁department . ▁In ▁addition , ▁the ▁police ▁commission er ▁meets ▁with ▁New ▁York ▁City ' s ▁mayor ▁on ▁a ▁week ly ▁basis ▁to ▁brief ▁them ▁on ▁the ▁department ' s ▁activities ▁and ▁performance . ▁ ▁The ▁police ▁commission er ▁also ▁provides ▁the ▁mayor ▁with ▁a ▁formal ▁report ▁capt uring ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁data ▁contained ▁within ▁the ▁Comp Stat ▁Report . ▁Finally , ▁a ▁great ▁deal ▁of ▁the ▁Comp Stat ▁data ▁and ▁other ▁indices ▁of ▁performance ▁are ▁provided ▁to ▁the ▁public ▁through ▁inclusion ▁in ▁the ▁Mayor ' s ▁Management ▁Report . ▁This ▁report ▁and ▁the ▁pre lim inary ▁report ▁issued ▁four ▁months ▁into ▁the ▁fis cal ▁year ▁provide ▁detailed ▁compar ative ▁data ▁on ▁the ▁performance ▁of ▁every ▁mayor al ▁ag ency ▁within ▁city ▁government . ▁The ▁process ▁perm its ▁personnel ▁at ▁all ▁levels ▁to ▁monitor ▁and ▁assess ▁the ▁effect iveness ▁of ▁their ▁efforts ▁and ▁re - direct ▁those ▁efforts ▁when ▁necessary . ▁ ▁Technology ▁Because ▁it ▁often ▁re lies ▁on ▁underlying ▁software ▁tools , ▁Comp Stat ▁has ▁sometimes ▁been ▁confused ▁for ▁a ▁software ▁program ▁in ▁itself . ▁This ▁is ▁a ▁fundamental ▁mis con ception . ▁Comp Stat ▁often