Tisch said the 60-credit requirement forced the NYPD to turn away 2,275 potential recruits in 2023, about 29% of applicants. Including the latest police academy class that has yet to graduate ...

Recruits must complete six tasks in under 4 minutes and 28 seconds to qualify for training at the NYPD police academy. Stephen Yang Think you’re as fit — or fitter — than the NYPD?

NEW YORK — A New York City police recruit who suffered an apparent medical episode at a training facility and died last week was honored Monday at what would have been his police academy ...

The plan reduces the number of college credits needed to enter the NYPD’s Police Academy, increases the number of credits earned during academy training and reinstates a timed-run requirement ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — In the face of a low-staffing crisis, the NYPD is taking bold steps ... college credit requirement for entering the police academy, increase the credits earned during ...

An NYPD recruit graduating the Police Academy Thursday knew he wanted to be a police officer at age 9 — ever since he witnessed a cop save his sister’s life and later become a guardian angel ...

NYPD recruit Allan Pearlman was running laps in the gym in May during his training to become a police officer when he heard a loud thud behind him. Pearlman, a Modern Orthodox Jew from Staten ...