Applications for the citizen police academy just opened. This academy is an 11-week program that takes place for three hours ...

The department is trying to fire the officers after determining they weren’t qualified to join the force in the first place ...

They say the toddler was taken out of the water and brought to College Point, Queens at NYPD Harbor George.

An NYPD inspector was quietly bumped from his police academy job for allegedly keeping dozens of recruits on board — even after they failed to meet the department’s mental health standards ...

About 4,500 potential recruits who failed to meet minimum college requirements to join the New York City Police Department are now eligible to be hired by the force after NYPD Commissioner Jessica ...

In the midst of a hiring crisis, the New York Police Department (NYPD) is reducing its college credit requirement in an effort to beef up its force. Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced Wednesday, Feb ...

Effective immediately, the prerequisite requirement to enter the police academy will drop from 60 to 24 college credits, which is equivalent to two semesters of college.

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 ...