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.

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 ...

An NYPD recruit died Wednesday during training, police said.. EMS rushed Officer Edgar Ordonez from the scene at Rodmans Neck in the Bronx to Jacobi Medical Center, but he could not be saved.. The ...

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.

An internal probe found dozens of NYPD rookies were hired despite being disqualified. A judge has now paused the city's attempt to fire them.