Donovan Osborne. Donovan built his confidence through the NYPD Explorers program. “Within time, they taught me discipline, and they’re the reason why I’m the person that I am today,” he said.

“The NYPD has a history of police being overly aggressive toward people of color,” asked Kehinde Adeoso, a 17-year-old junior at Eagle Academy Staten Island. “As commissioner what policies ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police Commissioner Bill Bratton welcomed hundreds of police academy graduates to the New York Police Department during a ceremony at Madison Square Garden on Thursday ...

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 ...

NYPD Youth Police Academy puts young people ages 10-16 through drills and athletic skills to instill structure and inspire them to pursue healthy goals. The summer academy was held at Curtis High ...

He says it was after the death of Eric Garner in 2014 that the word deescalation became a big part of NYPD training. Corey says they "retrained all 36,000 police officers in New York City." ...