New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has slammed New York City's mayor Bill de Blasio and the NYPD over police training techniques after officers were caught on camera simply walking away after having buckets of water thrown at them.

Cuomo laid the blame at faulty training which made cops looks 'impotent' after incidents in Brooklyn and Harlem last month that saw police officers drenched after being sprayed with waterguns, only to turn and get back in their cars.

'There was an incident in New York City where police officers were doused with water and the police officers walked away and got back in the car. That is wholly unacceptable,' Cuomo said on WAMC radio.

Last month a shocking video emerged showing two on-duty female police officers being doused with buckets of water and attacked with water guns

The group of people yelled and laughed as they ran towards the officers carrying buckets of water and water guns to drench them while they were on the job

A number of videos have circulated on social media showing water-dousing attacks on NYPD officers, sparking outrage among law enforcement officials

Gov. Andrew Cuomo questioned the NYPD's training of new officers and said that it made them look 'impotent'

'Walking away was one of the most disturbing and embarrassing actions I've seen, I don't blame those officers, I believe they were relatively new.'

The governor asked what in NYPD's training of new officers made the officers walk away despite being assaulted in broad daylight.

'I look to the training and the policies of the police department that would've instructed them to act that way,' Cuomo said.

'The training has to be you don't turn around and get back in the car and drive away. You literally make law enforcement ineffective and impotent and that hurts everyone. You're assaulted, you take the perpetrator into custody, that's what you do,' he fumed while pledging state police officers would take a different approach.

In Brooklyn, last month several were teens were seen soaking two other officers with water. It's unclear if the officers were looking for someone when they got doused with water (right)

As they were walking in another direction, one male teen is seen throwing the bucket of water on one of the cops

'If that ever happened to the New York State Police, I would bet you my bottom dollar that you would not see State Police officers assaulted and they turn around and get back in the car,' Cuomo said.

Cuomo posed the question as to how officers could be expected to protect the public if they are unable to even protect themselves.

'If a police officer is being assaulted, the police officer has to do something. If the police officer is not willing to defend himself or herself, how are they going to defend me?,' he asked.

Cuomo then also went on to urge the city's mayor to intervene over the incidents.

'I think both situations require his intervention and action,' he said.

In one incident, a mob could be seen dousing NYPD officers with buckets of water alongside several people holding toy water guns, leading the two cops to run away.

In the clip the crowd appears excited and shriek with laughter when they dump the buckets of water on the two police officers.

In a separate video, two female police officers were soaked after being doused with buckets of water and attacked with water guns.

The Harlem and Brooklyn videos from Monday sparked outrage among local law enforcement and led to three arrests.

Mayor DeBlasio condemned the attacks on cops and commended the NYPD for the arrests made.

He called the attacks 'completely unacceptable' and said, 'We won't tolerate this kind of disrespect.'

'Thank you to New York's Finest for their speed and professionalism in this arrest. We're the safest big city in America thanks to the tireless efforts of our NYPD officers. We stand with them today and always,' he tweeted.