Cops in Minneapolis repeatedly asked emergency responders in Hennepin County to sedate people using ketamine — a powerful anesthetic known as a so-called date rape drug — even in instances when suspects were already restrained, a city report shows.

The draft report, which was obtained last week by the Star Tribune, found that the number of documented ketamine injections during Minneapolis police calls skyrocketed from just three in 2012 to 62 last year. In some cases, no apparent crime was committed and several suspects had to be intubated after the drug caused heart failure or breathing problems, according to the Office of Police Conduct Review report.

“In many cases, the individual being detained or arrested was not only handcuffed, but strapped down on a stretcher in an ambulance before receiving ketamine,” the report reads.

Minneapolis police Cmdr. Todd Sauvageau issued a departmental directive on May 18 — around the same time the draft report was finished — saying that officers “shall never” suggest or demand that medical responders sedate a suspect.

“This is a decision that needs to clearly be made by EMS personnel, not MPD officers,” Sauvageau wrote, according to the Star Tribune.

“We have that in place now,” Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo told the newspaper. “That policy really defines and clarifies that we do not want our officers providing recommendations or suggestions to EMS personnel.”

In a statement issued Friday, Arradondo said the draft report was incomplete and “devoid of any input” from medical professionals.

“This draft report focused on MPD Officers’ suggestions and recommendations to EMS personnel regarding the use of the drug ketamine on members of the community,” the statement read. “The MPD is committed to our procedural justice service to our community. We give voice, respect, build spaces of trust and are neutral in our engagements. A portion of the draft report contained elements regarding language and statements made by some MPD officers that do not reflect our core values.”

Releasing the report prior to being completed was irresponsible, Arradondo said, adding that he found “significant faults” in it, without elaborating.

“This inaccurate draft report has the potential to tarnish much of the good work the men and women of the MPD, as well as our medical partners, do every day and night to save lives in our city,” the statement read. “There are thousands of medical-related calls that MPD Officers respond to along with our medical partners in our city every year. There are countless lives that are saved because of the professionalism and life-saving skills and treatment that they provide.”

Minneapolis cops “explicitly asked” EMS personnel to administer ketamine eight times between 2016 and 2017, according to the report. In one instance, a man suffering from apparent mental health issues was injected twice despite his protests while being secured to a chair.

“Whoa, whoa, that’s not cool,” the man said when he saw the needle, according to the report. “I don’t need that!”

The unidentified man then became nonverbal after receiving the drug, also known as “Special K.”

One officer saw how the drug impacted the suspect and replied: “He just hit the K-hole.”

When the suspect later regained consciousness, the cop asked the EMS responder how much of the drug he had on him.

“I can draw more,” the EMS staffer said.

“You’re my favorite,” the officer replied.

The man was then injected with another dose of ketamine before losing consciousness on the way to a hospital, according to the report.

Kelly Sprat, the chief ambulatory officer for Hennepin Healthcare, argued that ketamine had fewer side effects than other drugs and can save lives. He also claimed the report contained inaccurate information, but declined to provide specifics, the Star Tribune reports.

“We believe the draft report contains data that is private and, as we assess that, we won’t respond to questions about specific cases cited in the report,” Sprat told the newspaper. “We have reviewed the four cases mentioned in the draft report that involve the use of ketamine by Hennepin EMS and have concluded that those met the protocol and were medically justified.”