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 is stuck in 'hiring crisis' due to public perception of police, commissioner says
The NYPD is experiencing a “hiring crisis” not due to budget, but because of a lack of applicants, Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a preliminary budget hearing before the New York City Council on ...
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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’
Paul Martinka “The NYPD is in a hiring crisis and this is not a budget problem. Mayor [Eric] Adams has given us all the resources we needed to bring in every class we wanted to bring in ...
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NYPD reduces college credit requirement for new recruits, reinstates training run
Tisch said at a breakfast sponsored by the Association for a Better New York that the changes will hopefully stem the NYPD’s current hiring crisis and ensure that incoming officers are better ...
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NYPD Reduces College Credit Requirement for Recruits, Brings Back Run
Tisch said at a breakfast sponsored by the Association for a Better New York that the changes will hopefully stem the NYPD’s current hiring crisis and ensure that incoming officers are better ...
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Mayoral candidate Lander, once a champion of slashing police budgets, calls for boosting NYPD ranks
Currently, the NYPD has 33,475 officers as department leaders have struggled with high retirement rates and flagging recruitment efforts. “Instead of having 35,000 officers out on the street ...
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NYPD reduces college credit requirement for new recruits, reinstates training run
The NYPD has reduced the number of college credits required to join the force, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced Wednesday. Incoming recruits only need 24 college credits, a steep drop ...