NYPD finds some 4,500 potential recruits after it lowers college credit requirement, sources say
The pool of recruits is made up of those who took the police test but weren't able to satisfy the former 60-credit threshold, ...
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NYPD Retirees Will Restore Historic 1987 Chevy Caprice Police Car: Video
A group of retired NYPD officers are working to restore an historic 1987 Chevy Caprice police vehicle, providing a tribute to an officer who lost his life.
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NYPD commish Jessica Tisch vows to bring back 1.5-mile timed run, reduces college requirements to beef up force in ‘crisis’
The number of recruits making it through the NYPD Police Academy has plummeted in recent years, city officials said. Paul Martinka “The NYPD is in a hiring crisis and this is not a budget problem.
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Retired NYPD officers work to restore car of slain officer Eddie Byrne
A burglary ring has been targeting pharmacies across Queens and Staten Island, hitting at least 11 stores since December. The ...
NYPD commish Jessica Tisch admits NYC ‘need more cops’ — here’s how she plans to attract new recruits
The NYPD is launching a three-pronged effort to beef up the dwindling ranks of New York’s Finest, including reinstating a timed-run requirement and a reduced college credit condition. Police ...
Durham Police Academy graduates new recruits with hopes of easing staffing shortage
On Friday, the Durham Police Department took steps to fill its vacant positions, with nine new officers graduating from ...
NYPD Retirees Restore 1987 Chevy Caprice to Honor Fallen Officer
Retired NYPD officers are restoring a 1987 Chevy Caprice to honor Officer Eddie Byrne, who was killed in the line of duty.
‘It’s unfortunate and scary.’ Some visitors shaken, others steady after NYPD shooting at Staten Island shopping center
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The fatal shooting of an armed 55-year-old man by police, following a standoff in the parking lot of a ...
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch orders scores of police officers to precincts
"We are getting back to the basics of policing, and that starts at the precinct-level and in the neighborhoods we serve," NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a statement to Newsday.