A review of academy training by the National College Credit Recommendation Service determined that completion of the six-month NYPD Police Academy training program was the equivalent of 45 college ...

Ordonez had finished the six-month police academy training and died five days before graduation. The 32-year-old qualified for everything necessary to fulfill his dream of becoming an NYPD officer ...

The NYPD recruit who died training in sweltering heat — days ... NYPD Deputy Chief Amir Yakatally, commander of the department police academy, eulogized Ordonez by reading from the fallen ...

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, ...

The plan reduces the number of college credits needed to enter the NYPD’s Police Academy, increases the number of credits earned during academy training and reinstates a timed-run requirement ...

The NYPD is launching a three-pronged effort ... give police recruits more credits for completing the six-month academy training regimen based on a recent assessment by the National College ...

At the same time it is reducing college credits for incoming recruits to 24, the NYPD also plans to prioritize fitness at the academy and reinstate a 1.5-mile training run requirement. Hundreds of ...

In 2023, the NYPD disqualified 29% of its applicants ... police cadets will need to earn a minimum of 69 college credits. Police academy training is now equivalent to 45 credits, according to ...