The NYPD is launching a three-pronged effort to beef up the dwindling ranks of New York’s Finest, including reinstating a timed-run requirement and a reduced college credit condition. Police ...

Facing a shortage of school safety agents, NYPD officials announced plans in 2023 to hire hundreds of “assistant” agents. The ...

The NYPD has reduced the number of college credits required to join the force, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced Wednesday. Incoming recruits only need 24 college credits, a steep drop ...

Faced with an exodus of officers retiring or quitting, the NYPD has been trying to get more potential recruits signed up to take the police examination, a crucial step in joining the department.

"We are getting back to the basics of policing, and that starts at the precinct-level and in the neighborhoods we serve," NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a statement to Newsday.

The number of recruits making it through the NYPD Police Academy has plummeted in recent years, city officials said. Paul Martinka “The NYPD is in a hiring crisis and this is not a budget problem.

The NYPD has reduced the number of college credits required to join the force, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced Wednesday. Incoming recruits only need 24 college credits, a steep drop from ...