Police departments in several other cities have been targets of similar investigations, also in the wake of accusations of bias, brutality and other types of misconduct. Some cities — including Seattle, Portland, Ore., and New Orleans — remain under federal oversight as they try to adjust to new policies and procedures that took months, sometimes years, to put in effect.

The report on the Albuquerque police did not specifically ask for a federal monitor, but the city’s mayor, Richard J. Berry, has said that he would like to have one appointed to ensure that the department is in compliance with whatever changes are ultimately agreed upon.

The changes called for by the Justice Department — 44 remedies in all — included extensive revisions to the department’s use-of-force policies. The term “force” would be more clearly defined, and officers would have to report to superiors when they used various tactics: chokeholds, kicks, leg sweeps and tackles. Under the recommendations, officers would be trained to rely more on verbal warnings and less on stun guns, and new recruits would be required to undergo psychological, medical and polygraph examinations to assess their fitness for the job.

Also recommended: clearer procedures for handling people with mental illnesses and minimizing the use of unnecessary force against them, as well as an expansion of the number of officers trained to work with them.

The review was prompted by complaints about the department, particularly the fatal shootings. One of the most recent killings was of James Boyd, a homeless man with a long history of violent outbursts and mental instability, who was shot by heavily armed police officers last month and whose death led to street protests and cries for reform.