Three days after the head of the NYPD's 94th Precinct came under fire for publicly downplaying the severity of date rape, Captain Peter Rose issued an apology on Twitter, insisting that his comments mischaracterized NYPD procedure.

"I deeply regret the statements I made last week about rape," Rose stated. "I failed to communicate accurately how I respond to reports of rape, and the actions the Department as a whole take."

He continued:

My sincerest apologies for the comments I've made. pic.twitter.com/TL4yC8JChq — NYPD 94th Precinct (@NYPD94Pct) January 9, 2017

Captain Rose appeared to characterize date rape as less serious than stranger rape on multiple occasions. During an interview with DNAInfo published Friday, reporter Gwynne Hogan asked Rose to address the fact that reports of sexual assaults and attempted sexual assaults had increased in the neighborhood, from 8 in 2015 to 13 in 2016: a 62 percent jump. Apparently attempting to provide reassuring context, Rose said that "some of them were Tinder, some of them were hookup sites, some of them were actually coworkers. It's not a trend that we're too worried about because out of 13 [sex attacks], only two were true stranger rapes."

Rose reiterated this opinion during a community council hearing, reportedly saying that the alleged assaults weren't "total abomination rapes" where "strangers are being dragged off the streets. If there's a true stranger rape, a random guy picks up a stranger off the street, those are the troubling ones. That person has, like, no moral standards."

Advocates said Monday afternoon that Rose's apology doesn't hold up to scrutiny. Jane Manning of the National Organization for Women pointed to the fact that 10 out of the 13 reported incidents—all acquaintance rapes—had not been solved. "That is a horrible statistic," Manning said. This weekend, NOW announced plans to protest outside of the 94th Precinct. Those plans aren't changing.

"It's good that he apologized, but an apology doesn't fix the problem," Manning said. "Because the mentality behind his comments is a pervasive mentality in our criminal justice system."

"We want a top-to-bottom overhaul of how rape cases are handled by the police," she added. "And we want a thorough investigation to find out if these appalling numbers are an aberration, or if they are a symptom of a city-wide problem."

Last fall, the 94th Precinct was criticized for what local women deemed a lax response to an uptick in reported rapes. "What I am getting from a lot of people, and it's a lot of females, is that the 94th Precinct doesn't do anything," said Debbie Tenney, a longtime resident, at the time.

"If the victim doesn't feel comfortable pressing charges, that doesn't mean it didn't happen," added Jenny Makholm, a resident of 12 years. "That just means a criminal investigation can't happen."

"Rape is rape, in New York City and everywhere else," Mayoral spokesman Eric Phillips stated, following Rose's comments. "The crime merits no moral qualification and does not involve shades of criminality or degrees of danger."

The Daily News reports that Rose has not been disciplined for his statements.