To qualify for the New York Police Department's six-month training at the police academy in Flushing, Queens, recruits must complete six punishing tasks in under 4 minutes and 28 seconds, all ...

The minimum college credit requirement for entry into the academy has been reduced from 60 to 24 credits, the release said. The NYPD said the change makes more than 5,000 previously ineligible ...

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 ...

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NYPD grad Xavier Duran, right, and retired NYPD Officer Lino Minetto are pictured at the NYPD Police Academy in Queens, New York on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.

Effective immediately, the prerequisite requirement to enter the police academy will drop from 60 to 24 college credits, which is equivalent to two semesters of college.

Pearlman, 26, who grew up in the Modern Orthodox community on Staten Island, was always drawn to the NYPD. “I just always wanted to be a police officer ever since I was a kid,” he said.