An NYPD recruit who started at the Police Academy in July says he is hanging on by a thread and forced to crowdsource to buy his uniform to become a school safety officer.

NYPD cadets are college students who work for the department, get paid for their time and receive up to $20,000 in tuition assistance. Many ultimately join the NYPD and become police officers.

The BriefA judge granted a temporary restraining order preventing the NYPD from firing 31 officers accused of falsifying key ...

An NYPD recruit who died during an academy training session was remembered at his funeral Thursday as a humble soul who wanted nothing more than to serve and protect the city he loved.

NEW YORK -- NYPD Probationary Officer Edgar Ordonez was laid to rest Thursday in the Bronx. The 33-year-old recruit died last Wednesday after he collapsed during outdoor training at the police ...

NYPD Cadets Advised Not to Wear Uniforms in Public. Recommendation comes after two officers were fatally shot Saturday in Brooklyn. By ABC News. December 22, 2014, 12:16 PM. NaN:NaN.

At the police academy in Queens, News 4 spoke to the NYPD Chief of Department and new recruits to find out. ... adding that there's more to being an NYPD officer than the uniform.

"We want to make the NYPD as diverse as possible, and I think this is going to go a long way to help us with that," O'Neill said, according to CNN. "It's a major change to our uniform policy, so ...